VS2010 crashes when editing (about ActivityLog.xml)

Problem: VS2010 crashes the instance you enter a character or paste text into a source file. The message displayed (sometimes - other times VS2010 simply dies and disappears without further notice) is:

Visual Studio has encountered an exception. This may be caused by an extension. You can get more information by running the application together with the /log parameter on the command line, and then examining the file 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml'

Solution: The solution was found in this forum, which states:

It appears to be due to missing registry information. Adding the default value to the below registry key solved the problem.

On 32-Bit Windows: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{73B7DC00-F498-4ABD-AB79-D07AFD52F395}\InProcServer32]

On 64-Bit Windows: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{73B7DC00-F498-4ABD-AB79-D07AFD52F395}\InProcServer32]

The "(Default)" value should be one of the following:On 32-Bit Windows: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\TextMgrP.dll"

On 64-Bit Windows: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\TextMgrP.dll"