Server Explorer window does not display in Visual Studio

Question

I have Visual Studio 2008 Professional and when I click on menu View -> Server Explorer, the Server explorer window does not display. Same happens when using the shortcut: Ctrl+w+L

I have tried the following:

• Cmd -> devenv /resetsettings
• Tools > Import and Export Settings > 'Reset all settings'
• Window > Reset Window Layout
• Deleted DefaultView.SEView from %appdata%\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ServerExplorer as per this KB article.

Details of the environment

• Visual Studio Professional Edition
• Version: 9.0.30729.1 SP1
• Akhsvn,
• GhostDoc
• Resharper 4.5
• Testdriven .Net

Has anyone experienced the same issue? I don't want to reinstall VS and all plugins.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Take a look at this MS knowledge base article. One possible reason...

Answer 2

Have you tried the menu item Window > Reset Window Layout? I've gotten my windows garbled before, and this sometimes fixes them.

Answer 3

The solution to the issue was the following:

Open Visual Studio command prompt -> devenv /setup

I don't know what caused the issue, and once in a while the Server Explorer disappears and I find myself having to run devenv /setup again.