Visual Studio's Toolbox is empty

Question

I am using visual studio 2015. I have my toolbox open and I checked on Show All. I unchecked this an now my entire toolbox is empty except for the General Tab (which there is nothing in). I tried resetting the toolbox but that did not fix the problem. Has anyone encountered this before? If so, what was the fix? Thanks.

Solution 1

Try right clicking in the toolbox and select 'show all'... I hope this help. =)

you can also start /reset

Thank you for posting.

Could you please capture some screenshots for me?

From your description, it seems that your issue might be related with IDE. I suggest you to try to execute the following command.

Devenv.exe /SafeMode

Devenv.exe /ResetSettings

If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best Regards,

Solution 2

I had the same problem. I have tried with right click on the design windows and add " Toolbox" (SSIS Toolbox in my case). This worked for me.

Solution 3

In the case of an SSIS toolbox not appearing. On the top ribbon menu click on View -> Other Windows -> SSIS Toolbox, this will show the toolbox with SSIS related items.

SSIS Menu image

Solution 4

I encountered the same problem and solved it by:

1. closing the toggled/opened toolbox
2. opening any windows form [designer]
3. re-opening the toolbox

toolbox components will be reloaded again

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