Why do I get an error for “__CrtGetFileInformationByHandleEx ” when I try to compile

Question

I just installed Visual Studio 2015 Community on my computer. Until now I have been using Visual Studio 2010 Professional. Now when I try to run my MVC apps in the build i

Answer 1

Microsoft have issued a notice on this. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118750

As others have pointed out too many people in too short a time to be a coincidence. Not a VS issue, this is to do with a bad update from Microsoft.

The info from MS mentions two security patches (KB3098779 and KB3097997).

I have uninstalled only KB3098779 and my site is up was up and running. It required a machine restart to complete

KB3097997 uninstalled without a restart. I maybe didn't need to uninstall but seems sensible given it is also subject to the same notice from MS.