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Reverting extension in VS2017 causes errors with Extensions & Updates manager

This repository was archived by the owner on Jun 21, 2023. It is now read-only.

This repository was archived by the owner on Jun 21, 2023. It is now read-only.

@meaghanlewis

Description

Version

  • GitHub Extension for Visual Studio version: ?
  • Visual Studio version: VS2017

What happened

Steps to reproduce:

  • In VS2017, go to Tools < Extensions and Updates and select GitHub extension.
  • Select to Revert.
  • Go through steps and finish revert
  • Close VS
  • Open VS after revert is complete
  • Go to Tools < Extensions and Updates
  • Error! And Extensions and Updates can't open

screen shot 2017-08-29 at 2 25 50 pm

After that I tried to install the latest vsix, and then saw this error:
screen shot 2017-08-29 at 2 28 50 pm
(I can provide the install log if that helps.)

The good thing is that the extension seems usable, but I can no longer manage it- or any other extensions, because I can't view them. I've also tried this with multiple versions of the extension, but this continues to happen.