Intelisense not working in Visual Studio 2008

Question

I'm trying to type int and press Ctrl Space to show int, Int16, Int32 ...

However it is not showing up, but when I press Ctrl J it works.

I've tried to press Ctrl Alt Space as suggested in some places, but nothing changed...

How can I restore it?

Answer 1

You can re-assign the Key, or see what's currently assigned to that shortcut by doing the following:

1. Click on Tools -> Options.
2. Highlight Environment -> Keyboard.
3. Go to the Press Shortcut Keys textbox, and type in: Ctrl + Space. It will show you what it's currently being used for.
4. If it's not being used for anything, then select: Edit.CopmpleteWord (Ctrl+Space(TextEditor))

You can also try to reset Visual Studio's dev settings:

1. Close Visual Studio.
2. Go to Start, Run.
3. Type cmd. Press Enter. 4 Navigate to whatever Visual Studio version you're using (If it's Visual Studio 2008, it's: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0).
4. Type devenv /resetsettings. Press Enter.

NB: Make sure to back up any UI changes you've made to your settings in Visual Studio. This will reset everything back to its factory setting.

It's a nuclear option, but it's worked for me when nothing else would.