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• Fixed a bug that caused Code Analysis to stop running on some C++ projects.
• Fixed a bug in the Schema Compare Tool where adding tables with an empty schema failed but was shown as successful.
• Fixed a TypeScript build issue when the selected language version is lower than the latest installed.
• Fixed a Database unresolved reference to object error.
• Improved performance issues on loading Visual Studio.
• Fixed known issue: No snapshot created for C++ native code in Memory Usage tool in the Diagnostic Tools window while debugging.. 

NuGet distribution vehicles:

1Installed with Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Core workload 

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 RC.2

• Find in files "Locating next match" UI is annoying.
• Find files keeps defaulting to current document.
• Quick references freezes VS 2019 RC.
• PackageId:MsSqlCmdLnUtils;PackageAction:Install;ReturnCode:1603;.
• Error List does not show errors because it is scoped to "Current Document".
• Cannot use conditional breakpoint on PropertyInfo.Name value.
• Visual Studio crashes when parsing macros at the end of a file.
• Search in Visual Studio 2019 is very slow.
• Visual Studio hangs when starting debugging.
• vdproj not supported in Visual Studio 2019 RC.
• Visual Studio installer welcome image contains offensive element for Chinese.
• VSIX Extension pre-req has been removed in Visual Studio 2019 RC breaking extension compatibility.
• Create Project from Start Screen Ignores Selected Project Folder.
• cpp properties is dialog does not show up when using Project menu item or select "Manage configuration" drop down menu.
• Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools - developer prompt title says "Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2017".
• German tranlation regarding the Feedback Tool: Help > Send Feedback > Report a Problem.
• 自动完成功能，如果双击候选项，会丢失输入焦点，需要单机编辑器才能继续输入-AutoComplete function, if you double-click the candidate, will lose the input focus, need a stand-alone editor to continue to enter.
• Context menus are sometimes placed on the wrong monitor in a multiple monitor configuration.
• Visual Studio 2019 conflict with QQ Pinyin.
• Cannot drag maximized Visual Studio window.
• Fixed slow reload of multiple C# and Visual Basic projects.
• When IntelliSense is present, when a user types Shift + Enter, the active selection will be completed and a new line inserted.
• Fixed a PMA issue where editor tooltips and light bulb doesn't render properly.
• Notifications about crashes caused by extensions now show up again.
• Notifications about performance of Visual Studio have been secured against tampering.
• Fixed an issue with toolbar rendering when dragged across displays.
• Fixed an issue with Tools Options rendering when running with per-monitor awareness enabled.
• Various DpiHelper classes has been deprecated (extensibility).
• Fixed splash screen scaling to better match the primary monitor scale factor.
• Fixed an issue in settings import where warnings/errors were not always reported correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Tools Options reported software rendering regardless of rendering tier.
• Fixed an issue where the name of the open folder was not displayed in the title bar region.
• Fixed an issue with find in files positioning when per-monitor awareness is enabled.
• Fixed an issue with dock adorner rendering when per-monitor awareness is enabled. 

Attempting to install or uninstall results in the error "Cannot create a file when that file already exists.”
For some reason, Visual Studio extensions can get in a weird state where you've uninstalled the VSIX extension, but some files were left behind. To work around this issue:

1. Exit Visual Studio
2. Open the following folder (it might be on a different drive on your machine)
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft Corporation\NuGet Package Manager\<version>\
3. Delete all the files with the .deleteme extensions.
4. Re-open Visual Studio
After following these steps, you should be able to continue.

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.9.4:

• Visual Studio 15.9 duplicate loads open files on solution reload.
• All users can now connect to on-premise TFS servers through Team Explorer.
• Visual Studio 15.8.3 no longer expands metadata in ItemDefinitionGroup for project-defined items during GUI builds (worked in Visual Studio 15.8.2).
• Visual Studio has multiple tabs for the same file.
• System.ArgumentException: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)).
• LNK4099 PDB not found.
• Asset Catalog empty.
• /analyze fails for C++ code using /ZW.
• C++ compiler code optimization bug.
• Xamarin.iOS can't select image asset for Image View.
• iOS projects referencing a shared project containing image assets in an asset catalog fail to load on windows.
• Image not populating on iOS splashscreen in VS 15.8.6.
• Possible bad codegen on union/bitfield assignment in VS2017 15.8.
• Fix C# UWP Store 1201 Submission Issue.
• Fix C# UWP package creation error APPX1101: Payload contains two or more files with the same destination path 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll'.
• Error MT2002: Failed to resolve 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncValueTaskMethodBuilder' reference from 'System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions...'" when building a Xamarin.iOS project.
• Redirecting to a relative url doesn't work when using AndroidClientHandler.
• Debug information for typedefs of unnamed enums compiled with the C compiler is now restored.
• The spectre-mitigated x86 version of delayimp.lib is now built with /Qspectre mitigations enabled.
• Changes were made to how Asset Catalogs in Xamarin.iOS projects are loaded in order to reduce solution load time.
• We have updated Xamarin.Forms templates to use the latest version.
• We have fixed an issue with ASP.NET Core Web Applications being debugged through Kestrel that would show the error message "Unable to configure HTTPS endpoint. No server certificate was specified...".
• Enabling the AppInsights site extension in App Service from Visual Studio now happens through the use of specific Application Settings.

Security Advisory Notices

• An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles certain file operations. 

We have released new versions of JWT.io and the JWT Debugger extension, learn what's new. 

The .NET Portability Analyzer is a free Visual Studio Add-in (or console app) that will give you a detailed report on how portable your code is. 

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