Okay well you must also have .net3.5 installed because Visual Micro uses it in places. The installer also uses it so it must be installed. It is worth checking it is up to date with windows update.

Can you please see if your windows control panel event log is working?

Open Event Viewer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Event Viewer.‌  Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

G'day, again.
.NET3.5 is lurking in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5 & C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5.
Re: updates. They run automatically, so I don't look at them (very often). I found some vs2010 security updates, .NET Framework 4.5.1 for Feb this year, and repeated failures of IE11 installation beginning Nov/2013. Have not idea if it's important, but the last bit of the IE11_main.log where the install begins to fail is:

00:08.253: ERROR:   Error enumerating Hotfixes. Query string: 'Select HotFixID from Win32_QuickFixEngineering WHERE HotFixID="KB2729094"'  Error: 0x80041013 (2147749907).
00:08.393: WARNING: WMI Query verification of the prerequisite download packages failed. Error: 0x80041013 (2147749907)
00:08.487: INFO:    KB2729094 could not be download is not installed.
00:08.705: INFO:    Setup exit code: 0x00009C47 (40007) - Required updates failed to download.
00:08.861: INFO:    Scheduling upload to IE SQM server: http://sqm.microsoft.com/sqm/ie/sqmserver.dll
00:08.986: INFO:    SQM Upload returned 403
00:12.730: INFO:    Cleaning up temporary files in: C:\Windows\TEMP\IE1470E.tmp
00:12.933: INFO:    Unable to remove directory C:\Windows\TEMP\IE1470E.tmp, marking for deletion on reboot.
00:13.104: INFO:    Released Internet Explorer Installer Mutex

That's all I know.

Well, one for me, none for us.
Successfully, downloaded,  installed, restarted IE11 directly from their website vice via update route.
IE11_main.log shows same error, but install plowed on and completed. And no Windows Updates now needed. One for me.
But: 6.1 still shows no change; provider load failure. None for us.
Do I need to uninstall, reinstall 6.1 &/or your Arduino plugin?

Same provider load failure

This is Atmel Studio I'm running:
Atmel Studio 6 (Version: 6.1.2730 - Service Pack 2)
© 2013 Atmel Corp.
All rights reserved.
And this VM: 1.1401.26

Re: WMI database:
C:\Windows\system32>winmgmt /standalonehost
Service configuration changes succeeded.

Please stop and restart Winmgmt service for changes to take effect.

C:\Windows\system32>net stop winmgmt
The following services are dependent on the Windows Management Instrumentation s
ervice.
Stopping the Windows Management Instrumentation service will also stop these ser
vices.

   IP Helper

Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [N]: y
The IP Helper service is stopping.
The IP Helper service was stopped successfully.

The Windows Management Instrumentation service is stopping.
The Windows Management Instrumentation service was stopped successfully.


C:\Windows\system32>net start winmgmt
The Windows Management Instrumentation service is starting.
The Windows Management Instrumentation service was started successfully.


C:\Windows\system32>winmgmt /resetrepository
WMI repository has been reset

C:\Windows\system32>winmgmt /verifyrepository
WMI repository is consistent

C:\Windows\system32>

Removing VM via control panel & deleting folder & reinstalling = same result.

Hello,

What is the title of the dialog that appears when you see "Provider load failure"?

If you have time to run procman.exe download from the windows site http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx. ;

It's best to make procman start tracing immediately before you click okay to cause the "provider load failure" to appear. I think it will show us what is mis-configured but if you are bored already don't bother 

Thanks

How do I get a .rtf file containing process load screen and a Logfile.pml of the event to you?
Haven't got around to switching on atmel studio logging, yet.

I kinda missed the mark here. I have three files saved on my computer -- two logs and the load failure window. I don't know how to get them in this reply to get them to you. The logs are too verbose to just paste their contents in here. And copy and paste the file doesn't work.

E-mail sent with attachments.
Trace on 6.1 startup: 

CreateCommandBarItemsPerm      Begin AddinVer=1.1401.26
Permanent Items Setup Requested       - Exiting setup because some controls already exist
CreateCommandBarItemsPerm      End

No additional report on provider load error.

I forgot to ask. Now that the provider load failure does not appear. In the tools>options>visual micro>application locations dialog do you still see no apps such as Arduino 1.0.x in the drop down combo box?