After the latest SQL Server and Visual Studio updates, I was experiencing the following error every time I opened a SSIS project in Visual Studio 2012:
After some digging, I found that there is a new Cumulative Update package 5 for SQL 2012. In this update, there is a hotfix for this problem.
The file you need is the second one on the list – if you provide your email Microsoft will send you a link to the file.
Installing this hotfix solves the problem…