Somehow, and I don't know how, I messed up my tool box and it is now empty. The only option is General, and that one says "There are no usable controls in this group."
I have Googled the snot out of this and seen lots of people with the same problem (since v2005) and very few solutions. I have tried everything that I have seen suggested and nothing has worked. Here's what I've done:
1) Closed all instances of VS, went to: C:\Users\Casey\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0, and deleted thesde files:
toolbox.tbd
toolbox_reset.tbd
toolboxIndex.tbd
toolboxIndex_reset.tbd
2) In VS command promt: devenv.exe/resetsettings
3) In VS: Tools > Choose toolbox Items > .NET Framework Components > Reset
4) In the toolbox tab, right clicked and selected "Reset Toolbox"
5) In the toolbox tab, right clicked and selected "Show All". This shows a long list of tool options, but in every case they are greyed out and not usable.
5) Rebooted
6) Cast a few well chosen hexes and spells at Microsoft
None of these have worked. For as many posts as there are out there on this issue, I would think someone on the VS team at MS would catch a hint. Honestly, I would just uninstall and re-install, but I no longer have accesss to the install CD's or registraton code.
Anyone have any ideas?
(A couple more things to note: I have a web app project open, I have looked at the toolbox while viewing many different file types, I have created new project to see if the tools would be restored.... nothing has worked.)