Crash or hang during AX Project or Report Build – Visual Studio 2013 / AX R3 CU8

I spent a few hours trying to resolve VS crashing during the build of an SSRS report.   The below resolution solved the problem for me, and I was able to customize and re-deploy the SSRS project to the AOT without a crash.

Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 now requires Visual Studio 2013. If you’re experiencing a crash or hang when attempting to build projects, after installing CU8, please follow the steps outlined below.

1)     Open your System Properties. (Right-click start menu, select System, then Advanced System Settings)

2)     Click the Advanced tab

3)     Click the Environment Variables button

4)     Under the System Variables block, add the following value:

       a.  Variable name = COMPLUS_LoaderOptimization

       b.  Variable value = 1

5) Once the value has been loaded, restart the AOS service.

6) Close any instances of Visual Studio, re-open and attempt building another AX project or report.

Reposted from:

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axsupport/archive/2015/05/19/crash-or-hang-during-ax-project-or-report-build-visual-studio-2013-ax-r3-cu8