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Created February 23, 2016 03:04
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Clear Visual Studio component model cache, it's useful when visual studio crash but have no ideal how to fix.
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ClearVisualStudioComponentModelCache.bat
DEL %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ComponentModelCache
DEL %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ComponentModelCache
DEL %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
@arun-chief
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it helped me to find the folder

@defilerc
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Short and clear! Please note that %userprofile%\appdata\local can be further simplified to %localappdata%

@henry701
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Thanks!

@surfcode-sukhwinder
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or use below extension to add menu in vs

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ClearMEFComponentCache#:~:text=The%20Visual%20Studio%20component%20cache,location%20of%20the%20cache%20directory.

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AdjWang commented Feb 10, 2022

It works! I'm using Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11.9 and the vs just hanging when creating or opening an ASP.NET project. After deleting %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_5cdf7533\ComponentModelCache , everything works fine now.

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