Inflectra Customer Forums: VS 2012 SpiraTeam Project Explorer throwing error and won't start (Thread) Just downloaded and installed the SpiraTeam Explorer extension to VS2012 Premium and restarted VS, but it is giving an error when I try and view it. 1479 2014/10/30 03:34:50.695 Error VisualStudio End package load [Inflectra.SpiraTest.IDEIntegration.VisualStudio2012.SpiraExplorerPackage, SpiraExplorer, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d918ac98f0eb7a44] {6FDDDEA3-588B-4FE1-ACB7-9C5B03BCCBAD} 80004005 - E_FAIL Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. en-US(C) Copyright 2006-2026 Inflectra Corporation.support@inflectra.com/Computers/Software/Project_Management//Computers/Software/Quality_Assurance/KronoDesksupport@inflectra.comhttp://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/forums/threads120/Support/Forum/integrations/ide-integration/1055.aspxthreadId=1055Adam Powell (apowell@braveenergy.com.au)visual studioVS 2012 SpiraTeam Project Explorer throwing error and won't start Just downloaded and installed the SpiraTeam Explorer extension to VS2012 Premium and restarted VS, but it is giving an error when I try and view it. 1479 2014/10/30 03:34:50.695 Error VisualStudio End package load [Inflectra.SpiraTest.IDEIntegration.VisualStudio2012.SpiraExplorerPackage, SpiraExplorer, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d918ac98f0eb7a44] {6FDDDEA3-588B-4FE1-ACB7-9C5B03BCCBAD} 80004005 - E_FAIL Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:59:37 -04002014-10-31T15:19:01-04:00/Support/Forum/integrations/ide-integration/1055.aspxmessageId=1904Inflectra Sarah (donotreply6@kronodesk.net) Hi Adam It sounds like there may be a missing assembly in Visual Studio, could you please s Hi Adam It sounds like there may be a missing assembly in Visual Studio, could you please send in a help desk ticket with this error message so that we can resolve it for you. I presume also that you are not using a preview version of Visual Studio - https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/794961/previous-version-assemblies-cannot-load-in-visual-studio-2013-preview Regards Sarah Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:19:01 -04002014-10-31T15:19:01-04:00/Support/Forum/integrations/ide-integration/1055.aspx#reply1904