Cannot Open Visual Studio 2013 Express debuggerproxy.dll

I cannot open Visual Studio Express and have the errors as described.
// The Error is generated by SideBySide Source.
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\WDExpress.exe". Dependent Assembly debuggerproxy.dll,processorArchitecture="X86",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0"
could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
// Above are the details of the error
Please Solve my Problem...
Thank You.

You need to post your issue with Windows 10 TP in the Feedback app. Breaking changes in a prerelease OS are not uncommon and have occurred before, IIRC.
You can also try to repair the failing applications.
For questions on Visual Studio itself, unrelated to C# programming, this is the best forum:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/visualstudiogeneral/threads

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Hi,
I think your VS may have been corrupted. I suggest you click "repair" to repair your VS.
If it can't solve your issue, please use ISO file to reinstall it.
If you used a web installer, please download the ISO file from the website.
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Visual Studio 2013 Profession vs. Visual Studio 2013 Express

One of my colleagues tried to open a .sln file created with Visual Studio 2013 Professional Edition using Visual Studio 2013 Express Desktop. He got messages about project files being incompatible. Is it not possible to do this?

Hello liorb,
It seems your issue is related to C++ 2015 so I moved it here. If your VS2015 and VS2013 are both on the same machine I recommend you follow pvdg42's advice to report this issue to connect and share the link back to here. Maybe it is a problem with
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Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows - InitializeComponent() does not contain a definition issue

Hi,
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Intellisense has a bug in VS2013 where it doesn't recognize InitializeComponent when you start working on the XAML. My feeling is that if you try to compile this app, it will run fine (as long as there are no actual errors).
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Hi sponge_bob_128,
>>How to get standard Windows (7) title bars in Visual Studio 2013 Express?
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I was installing by running vs_community.exe.
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Hi linkin3468,
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Hi Nobele,
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Hello,
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Visual Studio 2012 Express and 2013 Professional won't open

I have downloaded both Visual Studio 2012 Express and 2013 Profession and both stop working when I open them. I have been using the developers command prompt from 2013 to run some c++ code. I need the program for my c++ class so please
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Is there any specific error message occur when you open VS?
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First, reboot the machine into safe mode. This can isolate some third part application.
Second, you can use Devenv.exe Command Line to start the VS and collect logs for troubleshooting:
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<application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool">
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Hello Camilo,
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Beyond Frustrated here.
I am trying to connect to an Azure SQL database - it has been created, has tables etc. I am trying to create a new Data Connection from within Visual Studio 2013, latest release for VS and Azure. I continue to receive the following error:
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configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 53) "
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SQL Databases.
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Azure SQL Database best practices to prevent request denials or connection termination.
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Microsoft Customer Support Services can use this information.
   For more information about how to enable the logging, see
how to enable diagnostic logging for Azure Web sites and Developing SQL Database Applications section in
Azure SQL Database Development Considerations.
  Check out
the list of best practices for Connecting to Windows Azure SQL Database.
Regards,
Shirisha Paderu.

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