“Visual Studio 2012 has stopped working” when solution is opened

Question

When I open Visual Studio everything is fine, but when I open any solution, it comes up with an error:

Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Desktop has stop

Answer 1

The answer by @Georgi is correct. This answer is just to guide user to access the User AppData and Roaming folders in Windows 10. Do the following steps:

1. Go to File Explorer.
2. Select the C drive.
3. On the File Explorer Ribbon, switch to the View Tab.
4. Expand the Option button, by clicking on the black small triangle below the button. As shown in the image:
5. Select Change Folder and Search Options.
6. On the Folder Options dialog box select the View Tab.
7. Amend as shown above.
8. Click the Apply and then the OK buttons.
9. Now go the folder C:\Users\YOUUSERRNAME\AppData and you will see them enabled.

In order to keep your computer safe, remember to restore back the defaults.

Credits to Hafid Selougha.