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Jiju Paul
Jiju Paul

Reputation: 13

Toolbox Disabled in Visual Studio Express

So I decided to learn some Win32 programming in C++ and thought i will try adding the controls from the toolbox and tada!! no tools there. Even if i try to choose the Com controls manually it still doesn't get shown. If i do Show All , i can see all the tools are disabled even the ones i selected.

I have seen and tried almost all of the solutions seen on the internet (reset toolbox, remove the tbd files, remove reg keys, fresh installation etc) to no avail.

I was using VS2012 Express initially but I have also tried a fresh installation of VC++ 2010 Express with the same result.

So I have two questions: 1) Are the tools not supposed to be there in an Express installation? 2) If they are supposed to be there could someone help me with fixing this issue?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 403

Answers (1)

Ross Ridge
Ross Ridge

Reputation: 39581

This is by design. The Express editions don't support building GUI applications in C++. All of the controls in the toolbox require .NET. You'll need to create a new project of the appropriate type using C# or Visual Basic to use any of the controls.

Upvotes: 1

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