visual studio 2013 isolated shell interferes with Excel

[skinner__karl]

Hi, about 3 weeks ago I purchased a new Intel Fortran (17.0.1.143) with Visual Studio 2013 shell. Since then I've been having problems starting Excel 2010 on Windows 7. Every time I start Excel I get a window telling me its configuring VS2013 shell (isolated) and this stops me using Excel for 7 to 10 minutes, which is pretty annoying. Can anyone advise?

thanks

[Kevin_D_Intel]

I’m not aware of similar reports here. I did find reports outside of our forum from those reporting similar behavior with excel and word and so it does not appear related to our integrations.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/1635e7d4-c3c3-4210-9ba5-747108a88ef6/every-time-i-start-word-or-excel-it-says-its-configuring-vs-studio-2013?forum=vssetup

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/7e90c792-8be2-4f83-a22e-fa5f5c99bbdd/problem-opening-excel-after-installing-visual-studio-2012-ultimate-rtm?forum=vssetup

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f4b0fd38-f4f9-41ea-bd8d-834203a175d2/building-visual-studio-2010-project-triggers-please-wait-while-windows-configures-visual-studio?forum=vssetup

There is a discussion in the last thread noted about it clearing after creating a specific directory. It may also clear by uninstalling VS203 Shell and re-installing it as some others noted doing.

[skinner__karl]

Thanks Kevin, the thread about creating the folder did fix it, I think, time will tell. I spoke to a colleague who had purchased Intel Fortran 6 months ago and he had had the same problem but he repaired it another way, but he can't remember what he did.

regards

karl

[Kevin_D_Intel]

Glad to hear that. Thank you posting back the solution for your instance. Could prove helpful to others who visit our forum.