CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2015
CodeCrackerFromIndia
CodeCrackerFromIndia

Reputation: 151

Visual Studio 2015 output window missing

The output window that shows all the build messages in Visual studio is missing. I was not able to bring it back using the view menu. I tried safe mode and diagnostic mode, and restarted everything.

How can I get the window back?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 6517

Answers (8)

saminacast
saminacast

Reputation: 36

Short Answer:

For Mac try using Spectacle or another 3rd party window manager.

Explanation:

Was having this issue June '20 on Visual Studio Community 2019

I had made output a separate window and it spawned out of range and even going in to expo mode (show all windows in mac, 4 finger swip up IIRC) didn't show it.

I could see it in the window drop down menu, and move to it using cmd + ~ but wasn't able to bring it back until I tried Spectacle.

Restarting VS didn't work but luckily I found this thread when trying to find keyboard shortcuts to move windows

https://superuser.com/questions/68811/what-keyboard-shortcuts-move-resize-and-maximize-windows-under-mac-os-x?newreg=395b6a955557441da52b8592306c5c83

Selected the window then hit the keyboard shortcut to have it display on one side of the screen and viola!

Upvotes: 1

CrossPacific
CrossPacific

Reputation: 21

It is apparently a bug in VC++ 15 as well as in VC++ 17. There are a few ways to re-produce this bug. To get your missing window back, Go to Window -> Reset Window layout, all your disappeared windows will come back again.

Upvotes: 2

Michael Freidgeim
Michael Freidgeim

Reputation: 28445

For me it was enough to close Visual Studio and re-open it again.

Upvotes: 1

sura2k
sura2k

Reputation: 7517

Go to View Menu > Select Output

Upvotes: 0

ikku100
ikku100

Reputation: 899

I had the exact same problem but found out that if you open visual studio without a solution, and then press ctrl-alt-o a couple of times, you get the output window back! Then you can open your original solution and get it all sorted.

Definitely a bug in visual studio 2015.

Upvotes: 4

Mike P. Sinn
Mike P. Sinn

Reputation: 134

I had this problem and tried all of your solutions without success. Then, finally, I just tried closing every single window I could and discovered that the output window was hidden behind another docked window. There were no tabs or anything. Seems like a bug with Visual Studio (or at least terrible UI).

Upvotes: 1

jaunt
jaunt

Reputation: 5079

To quote MSDN:

The Output window does not appear on the View menu in Visual Studio Express editions. To bring it up, use the hotkey CTRL + ALT + O.

Upvotes: 10

CodeCrackerFromIndia
CodeCrackerFromIndia

Reputation: 151

Launch the following:

devenv.exe /ResetSettings

Upvotes: 5

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