Visual Studio Toolbox items are no longer working

Asked By Hay Lin Lyana 50 points N/A Posted on - 07/26/2012

Hello friends,

I don't know as to why my Visual Studio Toolbox items are no longer working.

The icons have been transformed to document icons and when I try and insert them, I just get the paragraph tags inserted.

I attempted to repair and then reinstall, but of no use.

Do you know as to what I can do?

Any suggestions are most welcome. 

Thanks a lot.

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Answered By Carl Jack 10 points N/A #154844

Visual Studio Toolbox items are no longer working

Hello Hay Lin,

The solution to your problem is simple.

You will need to do the following:

• You will need to locate the hidden files in your visual studio toolbox items directory and delete them. The hidden files you will look for and delete are the following:  toolbox.tbd, toolbox_reset.tbd, toolboxIndex.tbd, toolboxIndex_reset.tbd
• The above name hidden files are usually found in the following directory: <drive>:Documents and Settings<user>Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftVisualStudio<VS version>, for instance C:Documents and SettingsJAVIER.VILLARREALLocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0 .
  So just trace them and delete them all.
• After you have deleted them, you need to start visual studio.
• The toolbox items in the application will be reset in the proper form during the process.

 
Regards,

Carl

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