.net - Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program in Visual Studio

Question

I have been using Visual Studio 2008 quite long but lately I am getting this message when I am developing an application in C#:

Common language runtime detected an invalid program

This happens when I try to enter to the properties of a component (text masked box properties, tool box property etc..). But it really became a problem when I tried to launch an other solution that I downloaded from the Developer's 5 star program of Microsoft and it didn't allowed me to launch at all and just got the same problem...

I looked for the answer at google but just got some clues about people having the same vague error but in different situations like in ASP.NET

I would appreciate any help with this issue... :( I do not want to reinstall VS, that will be my last resource...

Update:

I never figured out what the problem was so I installed a virtual machine with Windows XP on it, there I only have Visual Studio and Netbeans.

Answer 1

I faced this issue by trying to invoke System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace() For this case the solution was to edit the project file and make sure the reference to related asembly looks exactly so:

<Reference Include="System.Management.Automation" />

Other ways to reference this assembly, via the VS 2012 asseblies picker and by picking the assembly into the physical location of reference assembly.