Report Designer suddenly stops opening any layouts at all — no errors, no warnings, the layout just doesn't open — coinciding with an unrelated Visual Studio update, even though a coworker who did the same update has no issue.

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Try uninstalling and reinstalling Java on the affected client machine — this has resolved this exact symptom before, since Report Designer is a Java-based tool under the hood, and a corrupted or conflicting local Java installation can silently prevent layouts from opening with no error shown. After reinstalling Java, try again with a freshly installed Report Designer application, and confirm the Report Designer folder itself has the necessary admin/write permissions enabled.

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