Visual Studio editor not showing any text

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I have been using VS for many years. Today I have encountered a very strange problem with visual studio 2013. Suddenly for some reason I am unable to see any text in the editor window. I've tried reloading the files, redocking each window, restarting VS, restarting my machine and resetting all my settings in Tools -> Import and Export Settings. At present I'm completely stuck as I can't do anything. The tab for each opened file appears at the top as expected but just a blue pane. I'm hoping this is something daft!

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Blow me, I just uninstalled MVVMLight and it goes away. thanks... — Tim Rutter, Apr 02 '15 at 13:51

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 11:53

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I just had the same Problem. However MVVM Light is not installed. I deactivated all extensions that to my knowledge could interfere with the editor and restarted. Problem solved. Then I reactivated the extensions bit by bit, now all are active again and the problem is still gone.

answered Mar 15 '16 at 11:53

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This should be a comment, not an answer. – Cthulhu Mar 15 '16 at 12:15
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Not enough reputation to comment – marcjohne Mar 15 '16 at 13:20
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Then you should work on that, reputation is essential for the way this community works. More info here: https://stackoverflow.com/help/whats-reputation – Cthulhu Mar 15 '16 at 14:23
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I am glad it is not a comment. While it does not have any code in the answer, Following these steps helped me resolve my problems as well. – Ganesh Kamath - 'Code Frenzy' Aug 18 '17 at 05:28
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This may not be a "model" answer but it does resolve the underlying problem for some people (myself included) and can be considered an answer – mark_h Mar 24 '18 at 10:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '15 at 15:33

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This was caused by the installation of MVVM Light via the extension manager. I uninstalled it and it went away. Installing the required dlls via nuget didn't have the same issue.

answered Apr 02 '15 at 15:33

Tim Rutter

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This question is a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30239417/code-editor-appears-blank#comment51148290_30239417, where there is a better solution – metalfox Feb 23 '17 at 10:24

Visual Studio editor not showing any text

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