/SafeMode (devenv.exe)

For the latest documentation on Visual Studio 2017, see Visual Studio 2017 Documentation.

For the latest documentation on Visual Studio 2017, see -SafeMode (devenv.exe) on docs.microsoft.com. Starts Visual Studio in safe mode, loading only the default environment and services.

devenv /SafeMode   

This switch prevents all third-party VSPackages from loading when Visual Studio starts, thus ensuring stable execution.

The following example starts Visual Studio in safe mode.

Devenv.exe /SafeMode  

Devenv Command Line Switches