Having an editor extension loaded from source with missing dependencies makes all extensions unavailable

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Hey,

This is on 7.0-208.

I recently deleted my nuget folder and was trying to launch vvvv with --package-repositories pointing to my repositories folder. Among those repositories, I have VL.Bookmarks.HDE which internally makes use of VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.

If I start vvvv with --package-repositories, it starts but all extensions are gone and it uses classic tooltips. There should be way more stuff in the Windows sub-menu there:

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Started vvvv with --log and saw the following:

2025-03-05T17:17:04.4121242+01:00	INFO	[vvvv]	[0]	Loading assembly symbol source C:\Users\seb\AppData\Local\Temp\vvvv-package-cache\2025.7.0-0184-g157d61ad29\VL.Bookmarks.HDE.vl.dll
2025-03-05T17:17:04.4482193+01:00	CRIT	[vvvv]	[0]	Could not load file or assembly 'VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.vl, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. The system cannot find the file specified.System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.vl, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.vl, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
   at _VL_Bookmarks_HDE_.HVMMtpTsJ6nNv7eY3h7S7qInitializer.CollectDependencies(DependencyCollector collector)
   at VL.AppServices.AppHostBase.Scan(Assembly assembly, Boolean runUserCode)
   at VL.AppServices.AppHostBase.SetScope(IEnumerable`1 entryAssemblies, Boolean runUserCode)
   at VL.AppServices.NodeFactory.NodeFactoryRegistryImpl.CollectFactories(AppHost appHost, IEnumerable`1 assemblies)
   at VL.Lang.Platforms.Roslyn.CompiledSymbols.<get_References>g__Compute|31_0()
   at VL.Lang.Platforms.Roslyn.CompiledSymbols.get_References()
   at VL.Lang.Symbols.PreCompilation.<get_CompiledPackages>g__Collect|84_1(ISymbolSource symbolSource, <>c__DisplayClass84_0&)
   at VL.Lang.Symbols.PreCompilation.<get_CompiledPackages>g__Compute|84_0()
   at VL.Lang.Symbols.PreCompilation.get_CompiledPackages()
   at VL.Lang.Symbols.PreCompilation.get_DocumentsAndPackages()
   at VL.UI.Forms.EditorRuntime.GetEntryPoints(ITargetCompilation targetCompilation)
   at VL.Lang.Platforms.RuntimeHost.SharedStep(TimeSpan timeSinceStart)

2025-03-05T17:17:04.5563694+01:00	INFO	[System.Console]	[0]	http://vvvv.org

2025-03-05T17:17:04.5933916+01:00	INFO	[System.Console]	[0]

Which pointed me to the right direction. So I manually installed VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal again and then got the normal behavior, with all extensions and modern tooltips

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Could this be handled in a more graceful way so that a missing dependency does not crash the whole extension thing?

Thanks in advance!