![]() ![]() If you want to get back to the "factory settings," pick Window | Reset Window Layout. If you ever want to discard a layout or rename it, you can use the Window | Manage Window Layouts choice. As I said at the start, this is a a good reason to set up your "default" window layout right now: Having that default layout in place makes it easy to get back to it after you've played with Visual Studio's windows. So, if you open and close windows, you won't necessarily see your default layout again until you pick it from the Apply Window Layout. ![]() Whichever way you go, you'll get an annoying dialog box asking you to confirm that you want to change layouts, but the dialog box has a "Don't show this again" option that you can check to make it go away forever.ĭo remember that Visual Studio tries to remember the windows you last had opened or closed so it can restore to that layout for you. You can now switch between layouts either through a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+ ) or by going to Window > Apply Window Layout and picking the layout you want by name. ![]() This choice gives you the option of assigning a name to your layout. If you want you can setup several window layouts by picking Window > Save Window Layout. It's easy to set your default layout: Arrange your windows the way you like, go to the Window menu in Visual Studio and pick Apply Window Layout > My Default. If you have a window layout that you'd prefer to the one Visual Studio is giving you, you need to be proactive or, as in my case, you might some day lose it. The solution was to restore to my default layout. Not matter what configuration I left Visual Studio in, the next time I opened it, Solution Explorer was gone. I like the Properties window as much as the next developer, but I want it stacked below Solution Explorer (What can I say? I'm a traditionalist). Instead, the right-hand side of the Visual Studio window was completely occupied - top to bottom - by the Properties window. ![]() Starting about a week ago, whenever I opened a solution in Visual Studio, Solution Explorer did not appear. ![]()
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