Lost items in toolbox
Hi all.
Serious problem here. I was developing a form in VB 2005 and VS 2005 locked up on me. I got several error messages in the process of trying to shut it down, but only partial screens were visible and I couldn't read the errors, only the buttons. When I finally got it shut down and reopended, all of the basic items (text boxes, labels, buttons, etc.) were gone from the toolbox. I went to the "Choose toolbox items" dialog several times, clicking on OK to select the checked items and clicking the Reset button, but no luck. I have also restarted the machine and have done a system restore to the day before. No luck there either.
Any ideas on how to get these items back? If I have to reload VS 2005, how do I keep from wiping out the projects I have.
Thanks
Hi,
I think you'll only see the toolbox items appear when you OPEN or create a NEW project. Then go to the menu bar at the top of the screen and select VIEW then TOOLBOX with your mouse pointer
( Ctrl + Alt + X ) Try that 1st.
Failing that i suggest you reinstall VS2005.
Backup your projects folder first ( just in case ). :-)
Your Projects should be in a folder named.>>
"C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005"
Replace "John" with your name.
Regards,
S_DS
P.S. As a joke i was going to say "Blame the joiners for nicking your tools!!" ... LOL
Thanks for the reply.
I did a complete reinstall of VS 2005 but still no luck. I have reset the toolbox and all. When I right click on the open toolbox and choose Show All, the items I need are grayed out. This is with any form that is open for design in any project. Except for a few Crystal Reports components, ALL of the items are grayed out. I can't do anything.
Any other ideas?
I found the solution. I went into Documents and Settings\<user>\Local settings\Application data\Microsoft\Visual Studio\8.0 and deleted all toolbox* files. I opened VS 2005 and all was right again!
I got this from another part of this site but can't remember who posted the solution. Thanks a bunch to whoever!
TGIF!
Hi all
I have tried this one but unfortunately no use. I have deleted
all Toolbox* files and when I run the VS 2005 again and open my project the
Toolbox remains empty. I Reset the Toolbox but no use; I also tried to
customize it but it shows “An Error occurred loading this property page”. VS
2005 is also not adding new Connection in Server Explorer.
Shakeel
I did uninstall VB Express, reinstall VB express after reboot, then downloaded and installed SP1 for VB Express 2005, and went to the folder mentioned above, and only removed the toolbox files.... 'toolbox.tbd', 'toolboxIndex.tbd', 'toolbox_reset.tbd', 'toolboxIndex_reset.tbd'.
and ran VB Express but had no luck.
Then deleted files.... 'toolbox.tbd', 'toolboxIndex.tbd', 'toolbox_reset.tbd', 'toolboxIndex_reset.tbd', along with the '1033' and 'ProjectAssemblies' folders.
Then I went to the recycle bin and emptied it out.
Ran VB Express again, and presto..... got a initialzing toolbox message on the status bar of the IDE.
When went to one of my projects, and the Toolbox was recreated with all the components showing.
I think you need to clean the trash can before this fix works, along with everything deleted from 'Documents and Settings\ <User> \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\VBExpress\8.0'
This seems to have worked for me, Hope it helps others.
