How do I completely reset my Visual Studio 2008 toolbar? Right now I have toolbars randomly appearing/disappering when I write code vs. debug. Is this expected behavior?
I'd like to get it to a point where the same set of toolbars appears and sticks to their same position in the toolbar area.
Yes, this is normal.
Each toolbar has a view setting for each mode, you should change them manually to make them the same.
On the Tools menu, choose Export and Import settings. That provides you with many options, including the option to reset settings.
Having said that, VS does keep a different toolbar set for debugging. So any changes you make, you have to make to both the debugging and the normal set.
You can also run one of the following commands (if you can't get it to work in the command line in VS, run the regular command prompt in Windows. As Admin, if you're running Vista...):
"Mild" versions
devenv /resetskippkgs
devenv /resetsettings
"Hardcore" version
devenv /setup
This one takes some time to complete, so be patient... Also, note that it will reset all of the settings, not just the menus. But if you look in the documentation for the devenv command you'll probably find a flag that resets just the menu options.
using
devenv /resetsettings
or something of this sort will also reset may other options you've every configured. This is too drastic for something as trivial as arranging the GUI. I found a better solution a while ago.
See my eventual answer to this question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/632761/vs2008-breakpoints-window-gone-while-debugging
I tryed the solutions above, but I can't reset the list of names introduced by mistake in "Look in:" in the "Find and Replace" dialog. Any idea?? Thanks