DataGridView ComputeVisibleColumn NullReferenceException

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Sometimes when I make a change to the datagridview - such as delete a column, or rename a column header, or acceptchanges on the underlying data table I get a Null Reference exception. ​

The stack trace ends at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.ComputeVisibleColumns and starts at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindowCallback.​

I want to prevent this from happening if possible or catch it somehow.​

I tried creating a datagridview class that inherits from the datagridview and override some of the functions in the trace with a try catch to catch the exception but it still throws it up as _COMPlusException or if there is no place to catch the exception then it throws an error and crashes the application.​

I dont know what to do about this.​

I did see that this was reported as a bug to Microsoft but it could not be reproduced. I would really appreciate any ideas about how to deal with this.​

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.ComputeVisibleColumns()
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.LayoutScrollBars()
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.ComputeLayout()
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.PerformLayoutPrivate(Boolean useRowShortcut, Boolean computeVisibleRows, Boolean invalidInAdjustFillingColumns, Boolean repositionEditingControl)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnColumnWidthChanged(DataGridViewColumnEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnBandThicknessChanged(DataGridViewBand dataGridViewBand)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.AutoResizeColumnInternal(Int32 columnIndex, DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnCriteriaInternal autoSizeColumnCriteriaInternal, Boolean fixedHeight)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.AutoResizeAllVisibleColumnsInternal(DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnCriteriaInternal autoSizeColumnCriteriaFilter, Boolean fixedHeight)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnAddedRow_PostNotification(Int32 rowIndex)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.OnCollectionChanged_PostNotification(CollectionChangeAction cca, Int32 rowIndex, Int32 rowCount, DataGridViewRow dataGridViewRow, Boolean changeIsDeletion, Boolean changeIsInsertion, Boolean recreateNewRow, Point newCurrentCell)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.OnCollectionChanged(CollectionChangeEventArgs e, Int32 rowIndex, Int32 rowCount)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.AddInternal(DataGridViewRow dataGridViewRow)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.RefreshRows(Boolean scrollIntoView)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.DataGridViewDataConnection.ProcessListChanged(ListChangedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.DataGridViewDataConnection.currencyManager_ListChanged(Object sender, ListChangedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager.OnListChanged(ListChangedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager.List_ListChanged(Object sender, ListChangedEventArgs e)
at System.Data.DataView.OnListChanged(ListChangedEventArgs e)
at System.Data.DataView.UpdateIndex(Boolean force, Boolean fireEvent)
at System.Data.DataView.UpdateIndex(Boolean force)
at System.Data.DataView.SetIndex2(String newSort, DataViewRowState newRowStates, DataExpression newRowFilter, Boolean fireEvent)
at System.Data.DataView.SetIndex(String newSort, DataViewRowState newRowStates, DataExpression newRowFilter)
at System.Data.DataView.set_Sort(String value)
at System.Data.DataView.System.ComponentModel.IBindingList.ApplySort(PropertyDescriptor property, ListSortDirection direction)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.DataGridViewDataConnection.Sort(DataGridViewColumn dataGridViewColumn, ListSortDirection direction)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.SortInternal(IComparer comparer, DataGridViewColumn dataGridViewColumn, ListSortDirection direction)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.Sort(DataGridViewColumn dataGridViewColumn, ListSortDirection direction)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnColumnHeaderMouseClick(DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnMouseClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)​

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