IDE Crashes After Hovering the Property in Any Step (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)

Problem

Developer IDE crashes after hovering the property in any step, throwing EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION.

Solution

The described behavior is caused by a bug on Windows systems that have the security patch KB 2977629 installed. Uninstalling this update will resolve the issue.

Microsoft fixed the issue with KB2987107 - see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2987107.