Is anyone else having issues trying to load and edit an effects file (.fx) with the latest 15.6.0 update of VS 2017?
Every time I double click the file in the IDE to edit, it freezes and then crashes (restarts itself).
Have you checked its default viewer? Right click ~ open with and set the one you want as default.
I dont think visual is the default editor for fx
@Alkher yes… it’s set as default. It’s been working fine in VS 2017 up until the 15.6.0 update which got released a couple days ago… wanted to see if anyone else updated and started having the same issues.
I have updated to 15.6.0 on my Community Ed. and Enterprise at work and it works fine.
But I would advise to use Visual Studio Code with *.fx and *.hlsl files, it has extensions for these type of files. 
Run the installer and select repair and see if that fixes things, or reinstall entirely, usually fixes bad installs…
Thanks @Alkher and @MrValentine
I figured out the problem… for some reason, the latest update requires the VC++ components to be installed in order to have .fx editing in the IDE.
I usually don’t install the C++ components, and it’s been fine in the past.
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