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Oct 9th, 2009, 03:32 AM
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Toolbox and properties windows are empty
This just started happening yesterday. When I open the toolbar or properties windows (I have them pinned to the sides) there's nothing in them. I thought it was a setting that had been altered, but when I closed VS and re-opened it, they were there again. But now it's happening today and they're empty even if I reload. When I open the toolbar bar it just says 'There are no usable controls in this group....... ' (that's the general group, i.e there are no controls at all).
Is this a setting? Although I can't imagine a use for a setting that gets rid of all tools and properties
Just to clarify, if I open a new project, then the toolbars are normal, so I guess it's just a setting in one project?
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Oct 9th, 2009, 03:50 AM
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Re: Toolbox and properties windows are empty
You are viewing the Designer window of a form when this happens?
Have you tried right clicking in the toolbox and selecting "Reset Toolbox"?
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Oct 9th, 2009, 04:41 AM
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Re: Toolbox and properties windows are empty
I haven't tried that, I will try next time. For some reason it's all working fine again now so it seems to resolve itself. I was definately viewing the designer as I was trying to access the properties of a new timer control. It's very odd, I think my computer is just struggling to load everything in sometimes.
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Nov 8th, 2017, 10:33 PM
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Re: Toolbox and properties windows are empty
Hi, Im also having thesame problem, but in my case it was really empty, i mean, eventhough i ryt clicked and selected reset nothing happens, and when clicked show all, all the tool in the toolbox are not clickable, can anyone help me please, im trying make my thesis and yet i cant start because of the problem. Thanks...
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Nov 9th, 2017, 12:27 PM
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Re: Toolbox and properties windows are empty
Originally Posted by showyneil
Hi, Im also having thesame problem, but in my case it was really empty, i mean, eventhough i ryt clicked and selected reset nothing happens, and when clicked show all, all the tool in the toolbox are not clickable, can anyone help me please, im trying make my thesis and yet i cant start because of the problem. Thanks...
Usually when pesky problems like this come up for me, I just re-install the IDE. Maybe there's a way to fix it but in my experience it's usually quicker to do a re-install than to read through dozens of suggestions all over the internet and hope one of them works.
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