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Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 Known Issues

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Summary

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 on March 30, 2016. This article lists the known issues and fixed bugs for Visual Studio 2015 Update 2.

To see the full list of Visual Studio 2015 products and to select a product for download, check out Visual Studio Downloads.

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 details

To discover what's new in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2, see the Visual Studio release notes.

Known issues

Visual Studio Testing Tools

  • Issue: Code Coverage data collection for .NET code has these known limitations:

    • You cannot navigate to code when Code Coverage data collection is done together with tools that do IL rewriting (for example: Code Contracts).

    • Code Coverage data collection for .NET code cannot be used together with Fakes.

NuGet

  • Issue: You experience the following symptoms:

    • Opening a project with a package that contains an init.ps1 script either crash Visual Studio or the PowerShell Console fails to respond.

    • Installing a NuGet package together with an install.ps1 will either crash Visual Studio or the PowerShell Console fails to respond.

    • Web Publishing crashes Visual Studio or the PowerShell console fails to respond.

    • Package Manager Console does not work on a computer that does not have the latest updates to Windows 10 version 1511 installed.

    Workaround: To work around this issue, install Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511: January 2016 (KB 3124263) or a later cumulative update.

    For more information, see GitHub issue #1638

  • Issue: NuGet v2 protocol redirects are broken.

    Custom NuGet repositories that redirect requests to an alternative host do not honor the redirect request.

    Workaround: To work around this issue, configure the package repository URI in settings to point to the redirected server location.

    For more information, see GitHub issue #387.

More information

How to download Microsoft support files

Updates for other products in the Visual Studio family can be found on the Microsoft download site for Visual Studio website.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart your computer after you install this package.

Software requirement

On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, you have to install update 2919355 (also available through Windows Update) before you install Visual Studio 2015 RTM. This is because the .NET Framework 4.6 installer can't be installed without update 2919355.

Supported architectures

  • 32-bit (x86)

  • 64-bit (x64) (WOW)

Third-party applications

  • Visual Studio 2015 installation lets you install third-party applications. For information about which third-party applications are required when you install Cross Platform Mobile Development tools from Visual Studio 2015, see Knowledge Base article 3060693.

  • Visual Studio 2015 removal does not uninstall third-party applications. For information about how to uninstall third-party applications that were installed together with Visual Studio 2015, see Knowledge Base article 3060695.

Applies to

  • Visual Studio Professional 2015

  • Visual Studio Enterprise 2015

  • Visual Studio Community 2015

  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Web

  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Desktop

  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows 10

Warning

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.