Process with an ID #### is not running in visual studio professional 2013 update 3

Question

I am trying to run any program on visual studio 2013 update 3 and I get the following alert box :

Process with an ID #### is not running . // every tim

Answer 1

If you're using git as source control, you should also make sure that any user specific files are ignored.

[Dd]ebug/
[Dd]ebugPublic/
[Rr]elease/
[Rr]eleases/
x64/
x86/
bld/
[Bb]in/
[Oo]bj/
[Ll]og/

If they're already tracked, then use git -r rm --cached

This resolved the error for me.