VS 2017: How to Fix, Refresh credentials produces 'Unknown error'
Long story short: if logging into Visual Studio 2017 produces this error:
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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We could not refresh the credentials for the account
unknown_error: Unknown error
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You may need to:
- Close down VS2017
- Go to "C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local.IdentityService"
- Rename "IdentityServiceAdalCache.cache" as shown below. (for example just add an underscore to it)
- Restart VS2017 and log in.
Problem was exacerbated by having two different accounts attached to the same work email address. One is a 'work' account and one is a 'personal' account. Only the personal account has a password. I thought the problem was with those accounts. But no, all i needed to do was google the final error message and see what SO said.
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