How to fix: HttpHostx64.exe has stopped working

Fixing the 'Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHostx64.exe has stopped working' error for Visual Studio

Posted by Thomas Barthelemy on May 1, 2015

The HttpHostx64.exe error

Edit

With the help of the Microsoft Connect team we were about to locate the issue on System32/ASProxy64.dll which belongs to the Astrill VPN software. You can read more about it on the Connect thread linked at the end.

In Visual Studio CTP and Visual Studio RC I started having the following error repeatedly:

Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHostx64.exe has stopped working

The online reference to hit are pretty limited and I could not find a solution online so I decided to mess up a little with those file configurations and ended up finding a working solution:

The crashing file is located in the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VsHub\1.0.0.0

The fix

It seems that the x86 version of the file does not have the same issue, so a simple fix, until a better one is officially published by Microsoft:

  • Stop Visual Studio if started
  • rename Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHostx64.exe to Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHostx64.exe.bak
  • Create a copy of Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHost.exe and rename it Microsoft.VsHub.Server.HttpHostx64.exe
  • Re-start Visual Studio

The issue has been reported and a thread is available here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1293295/httphostx64-exe-has-stopped-working

Posted with : Windows , Visual Studio

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