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Starting today, I noticed that the Exceptions dialog within VS2010 appears empty, and I can therefore not make any selections within it. I am not sure where to go to begin trying to fix this, as I see no error or anything. This has previously worked. Following is a screenshot:

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I have tried checking if any updates were installed recently (none were), and no new updates are available. Any help would be appreciated.

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You could try starting visual studio in safe mode by starting it with the /SafeMode command line option. Once open, see if the exceptions are there - changing a setting here may reset the view back when you start Visual Studio normally.

Alternatively, try resetting Visual studio back to its original settings by starting it with the /Setup command line option.

adrianbanks
I tried both (/SafeMode didn't help - VS opened and said it was in Safe Mode, but the behavior didn't change), but when I start with /Setup, nothing seems to happen. VS doesn't open, and no windows appear.
Mark Avenius
Actually, after having run with /Setup (even though nothing seemed to happen) the next time I run VS my Exceptions dialog populates as it should. Thank you for your help.
Mark Avenius
@Mark: `/Setup` does not run Visual Studio (ie. start it), it just resets the settings.
adrianbanks
That would certainly explain what happened. Thank you again.
Mark Avenius