Visual Studio 2013 Express Toolbox empty

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I am trying to learn Visual Basic with the guidance of some YouTube Tutorials. They have recommended the use of Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 as it has a built in compiler. I encountered a problem where my toolbox bar on the left of my screen is empty. Does anyone know how to fix this? http://gyazo.com/328ade3754613c971dd6d4745a0ed171 This is a link to my screenshot.

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '14 at 05:13

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Just right click inside tools and click on "show all"

answered Dec 16 '14 at 05:13

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 14:54

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Your code may be running. Make sure to stop all processes and view the toolbox again.

answered Feb 17 '16 at 14:54

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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On Visual Studio C++ 2012, it also happen sometimes. Try, to right click inside the Toolbox dialog and click on "Reset Toolbox" item. It should solve your problem.

See same question: How to rebuild the Visual Studio Toolbox?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Oct 11 '14 at 22:23

Francois

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Sorry that it doesn't work. Perhaps, you could try to reset your VS settings ("devenv /ResetSettings"). See this post: http://ruchirac.blogspot.fr/2012/06/reset-visual-studio-user-settings.html – Francois Oct 12 '14 at 13:12

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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What you need to do is to open your code in [Design] view. In this view you don't see the code as text, but rather as windows and buttons and so on.

Choose your favorite way to switch to the [Design] view :

A. View > Designer
B. Shift + F7
C. In the Solution Explorer window double click Form1.cs

Source: How do I open a Visual Studio project in design view?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Apr 29 '16 at 18:30

Ivo Peev

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Visual Studio 2013 Express Toolbox empty

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