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Steve
Steve

Reputation: 5952

Items disappeared from Toolbox

I've been using VS2008 to build ASP.NET apps with no problems. Recently, I noticed some important items disappeared from the toolbox, like label and gridview. I put them back, but I thought it was weird that they just disappeared, as I'm sure I didn't remove them. Is this something I should be concerned about? Probably not, pretty minor anyways.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 439

Answers (3)

keyboardP
keyboardP

Reputation: 69372

I assume you've got all the latest patches for your VS2008? From this site, try :

If you have any trouble using the toolbox items in visual studio, just delete the hidden files:
toolbox.tbd, toolbox_reset.tbd, toolboxIndex.tbd, toolboxIndex_reset.tbd
in
drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\
Ex:
C:\Documents and Settings\JAVIER.VILLARREAL\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0
Start Visual Studio, and it will reset the toolbox items in the correct form.

Also, there are a few suggestions in this SO thread

Upvotes: 1

theMike
theMike

Reputation: 156

Happens every so often to me but I don't know the cause. Whenever I find that I'm beginning to miss things I right click on the Toolbox and select "Reset Toolbox".

Upvotes: 1

Tristan Warner-Smith
Tristan Warner-Smith

Reputation: 9781

Happens sometimes, tends to be after installing 3rd party components.

Run the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt, type devenv /resetsettings. This will reset to VS's default settings, so you'll likely want to back up your settings first Tools > Import and Export settings > Export.

Upvotes: 1

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