VS2010 won't open files - visual-studio-2010

I have VS2010 C# Express installed, and it was working just fine. However, as of today, none of the menus seem to open the Explorer menus.
For example, I was working with an XNA project when I first noticed it, I went to add an existing file to my project, and when I clicked the option in the context menu ... nothing. After poking around a bit, I noticed that I can't even click the open file button or Ctrl-O. I can confirm it's only VS that is affected, all my other programs work just fine.
Now, I have tried to repair the installation for it, and failing that, I did a complete uninstall, followed by a reinstall, but no luck. I also tried the Professional version and had the same results.
EDIT: Now, a few days later, it seems to be working just fine. I don't know what caused it, but I know my HDD might be slowly failing, but I wouldn't think the two are related.

It turns out the resolution was to run it in Compatibility Mode.

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The project is created and loads, but only the absolute bare minimum skeleton-of-a-skeleton is shown.
Quick screenshot:
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As in, full uninstall, delete the leftover folders in the old install location, then reinstall from scratch.
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Im tearing my hair out with this one Im afraid and am down hours and hours.
Firstly I wanted to install VS Community to use with Unity. Im running windows 8.1 pro.
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So then I imported the Unity VS tools to my project. Now my unity project hangs when unity opens. I fixed unity by removing the Unity VS stuff form the project directory.
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Visual Studio 2010 suddenly slow

Recently, the editor for VS2010 suddenly became slow when I installed some extensions then uninstalled them. The program itself is running fine and starts up in seconds. Jumping around the menus is lightning fast, but editing code, there is a 1 second lag between the keyboard and the editor.
This happens on a brand new console application project with nothing in it. I have also uninstalled all extensions, resharper etc. The only extensions remaining are VisualHg, Ankh and Nuget.
I have an i7 with 16 gigs of RAM so hardware is NOT the issue.
Is there some sort of cache or files that VS could have locked onto?
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Try resetting your settings from the command line back to the factory default. Warning You will lose all your settings!
devenv /resetsettings
You can back them up, as well as reset, using this article.
finally refer this to fix my problem.
solution is:
Debug->Options and Settings->Debugging -> Symbols
change from All modules,unless excluded to Only specified modules
details:
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I have a Visual Studio 2010 solution containing several C# projects, with Resharper 5.1 installed and enabled. All these projects target the .NET Framework 4.
This solution has been working fine for months, but this morning I got the following message when the solution was loaded:
I've looked around for an explanation on the meaning of this message, but with little luck.
Additionally, I haven't been able to repro this error, and it doesn't seem to have broken anything on my project.
Still, I don't like these kind of unexplained errors, so I was wondering if anyone reading this knows the root cause?
Hmm, that's special. It must be a debugger notification, the part of VS that 'attaches' and makes "Managed" a category. The other category is "Unmanaged", a different kind of debugger interface. It clearly lost its marbles there.
Counter-measures, in order, are:
Restart VS.
Reboot
Install Service Pack 1, it has many debugger fixes.
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In Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8.1, I had this problem,I changed X86 from Solution Properties/Build/Platform target then my problem resolved.
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When I press the help button they suggest I sort out the attached debug option. Without any result I finally managed to check the Enable SQL Server Debugging option under Project Properties - Debug.
I have the exact same setting as you: VS2010 with several C# projects pointing to Net 4 and Resharper 5.1. I'm on Windows XP SP3
I was getting the exact same error, along with an empty VS icon in the taskbar.
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As for your error, I cleaned up the Resharper cache (I'm storing it in the TEMP folder, not the solution folder) restarted, and didn't get the error again
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