On one of my PCs I seem to have removed the handy app and task icons from the 'project' area of the Team Explorer in Visual Studio 2013.
Here's what I see on most of my machines and what I hope and expect to see:
But here's the same window on my laptop which is now missing those icons as you can see:
I have no idea what I did to loose those icons, nor how to add them back - I cannot find it in the settings anywhere. Does anyone know how to restore the app / task icons to the project area in Visual Studio's Team Explorer window?
You can try running Visual Studio with this command-line switch:
devenv.exe /setup
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is it possible to open 2 team explorer windows in a visual studio?
I want to have the Pending changes and the Work Item windows open in tabs, Like the server explorer and team explorer are opened.
Thank you!
You can't open multiple Team Explorer windows, but in Visual Studio 2013 you can undock the Pending Changes and Builds tabs using the breakout button in the top right. More information here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/11/03/team-explorer-everywhere-2013-is-available.aspx
In VS2010 I could always drag files to the solution explorer. This no longer works in Visual Studio 2012. How can I enable this?
It is a Windows 'feature' as I read in this answer:
Windows will not let you drag from one window to another if only one
of those windows is running as Administrator.
Are you running Visual Studio as Administrator?
Few days ago i had to reinstall VS. So after uninstallation, I downloaded VS2010 Ultimate from MSDNAA and installed it. Everything went without any trouble, but when i run VS I found, that there wasn't a Team Explorer.
So i downloaded TE from Team Explorer link. But after installation TE, Visual Studio still doesn't see TE. There is nothing in Menu -> View and Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Source Control.
What should I do now?
Are you able to see Team Explorer which is tabbed along with the solution explorer (At the bottom of the solution explorer window)? If not click view->Team Explorer (Ctrl+M). From there you should be able to connect to your TFS instance.
When you install the Visual Studio, then Team Explorer comes by default with VS.
You can check Team Explorer in View->TeamExplorer
If you do not found Team Viewer in your View then you can download it from below link
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2017/04/05/reintroducing-the-team-explorer-standalone-installer/
or you can download it from vs installer.
For future readers:
I was missing some menus from the Team Explorer side panel.
what fixed it was resetting user settings by manually running devenv.com /resetuserdata from the visual studio folder.
To me it was:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.com /resetuserdata
Notice: this will reset your settings, so make sure you import / export it first (if you require anything specific) .
I'm assuming your using TFS. Have you connected to a TFS instance using the menu Team -> Connect to team foundation server?
You need to download Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=329
I have an issue with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio 2010 Express, when I right click on a project structure in the solution explorer, (on the references folder) and select "Add Reference" the Visual Studio 2010 window flashes as focus as left the window and then focus immediately returns and there is no new window that allows me to add references. This problem persists even after a clean install, and across multiple products (VS 2010 Ultimate and VS 2010 Express) I am using windows 7, and I have to think this problem ids outside of VS 2010, but this is the only issue I am currently facing.
Its like the references window (that allows you to pick the new reference) is automatically being closed.
Thanks.
I just had the same problem.
Do you have a tablet that you're using? If you enable the Tablet PC Input Service it should work again. There seem to be some dependencies on this service and/or conflicts with my Wacom drivers that caused the issue in the first place.
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Add Reference or existing item popup is not show then answer is :
Window Button +R then type "services.msc" > search "Tablet PC Input Service" and the right Click on Start.
it will work correctly.
I think I have a plugin or addin to studio installed which has killed all versions of studio.
Where can I see the list of plugins and addins that studio is loading? I believe I have gone through all of the menu to find the list of addins.
Would someone point me in the direction that shows me the list of addins? I will remove them all one by one until I find the one that is "killing my productivity" for the day. :)
They appear in three difference places, but any given addin/package doesn't necessarily appear in in all those places:
The splash screen
Tools / Add-in manager
Help / About (in the "Installed products" list)
In Visual Studio 2013, go to the "Tools" menu and open "Extensions and Updates".
In "Installed"->"All" section you can see it all.
Try looking at your packages installed for Visual Studio. They are registered in the registry under:
Visual Studio 2008
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp\Packages
Visual Studio 2005
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp
Packages are the complete installs of all addins, automations, and alike.
If you have a lot, I say kill them all. And then reinstall your specific addons (such as CodeSmith or VisualSVN). You may need to clean up the addons that were manually added. But, I think that once you remove the "Package", it disables those addons and automation tools automatically.
For reference, this is my fresh new install of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on Windows 7 RTM. Only 1 plugin, and it's for SQL Server's SSIS:
registery http://eduncan911.com/blog/thumbnail/billrob-stackoverflow.png
Go to the Tools menu and open Add-in manager. Or you can go to the visual studio folder inside of My Documents and look in the addins folder.