I just spent a frustrating two hours trying to get a unit test to run via Resharper for nada. The test would start and then exit as if the it was working but instead of showing a green or red icon as expected when the test was finished, it would remain 'grayed' out. I tried the usual: delete bin folders, run solution 'clean' via VS2008, delete the code directory and do a fresh SVN checkout. I even rebooted for nothing: no red, no green all gray:

I finally noticed that I had closed the output window of VS, so I couldn't see the build results. When I opened the output window I saw this exception at the very bottom of the list:

A first chance exception of type 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException' occurred in System.Configuration.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException' occurred in JetBrains.ReSharper.TaskRunnerFramework.dll
The program '[1012] JetBrains.ReSharper.TaskRunner.exe: Managed' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

What the f#*k? A configuration error was causing the Resharper taskRunner to die quietly? You have to be kdding me! Shouldn't the user be alerted if the software could not recover and had terminate? I mean, yeah it _did_ notify me, but not very explcitly - a pop up would have been nice!

Anyways, issue was found: I commented out the starting element of the ConnectionStrings section of the App.Config and when Resharper process tried to load the config it bombed. Crises averted, now back to work.