Updated Web Essentials 2012 and now Visual Studio 2012 crashes?

Did you just install Web Essentials 2012 version 2.5.1 and now Visual Studio 2012 crashes? The fix is simple. Disable, delete, renable.
February 19 2013

Did you just install Web Essentials 2012 version 2.5.1 and now Visual Studio 2012 crashes?  This just happened to me.  To fix:

 

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  1. Open Visual 2012 but don't load any solutions / projects
  2. Open Extensions and Updates from the Tools menu
  3. Disable Web Essentials 2012
  4. Delete the .suo file for your solution
  5. Open the solution in Visual Studio
  6. See that it loads and VS doesn't crash
  7. Enable Web Essentials 2012
  8. Restart VS 2012 and reload your solution.
  9. Happy times!

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