WARNING: After Installing The New Framework 3.5 SDK, my VS2008 XAML Intellisense No Longer Works – UPDATED

Warning – Work Around

Microsoft has released a workaround for this at:  http://blogs.msdn.com/windowssdk/comments/7850578.aspx

Problem 

I updated my work computer and both my desktop and laptop at home with the new Framework 3.5 SDK.  Now XAML Intellisense no longer works  in Visual Studio 2008.

I have been working with the Microsoft SDK Team for the last 5 hours.  They have logged a bug report and are currently building a clean test machine so that they can troubleshoot this issue.

I spent the last hour on the phone with the Team and want to post the following information at their approval:

• If you have not installed the new Framework 3.5 SDK on VS2008, do not install it yet.  Give Microsoft time to sort this out.
• If you have installed the new 3.5 SDK on VS2008 and your XAML Intellisense is broken, you can run the Visual Studio 2008 Repair function and this will correct the problem.
  • Please note.  I’m not sure how this will affect your system in the long run.  Microsoft is working on the problem and will release their findings.

Please note:  I did try removing the new 3.5 SDK from my home desktop system, but this did not fix the problem.  I must now run the Visual Studio 2008 Repair to get the XAML Intellisense back. 

 Just a grain of sand on the worlds beaches.