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Visual Studio 2010 Toolbox Is Empty

My toolbox is empty.

Obviously, I'm not the first. I read this question and this other question, but that didn't help.

I click here... enter image description here

I get this window...

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With instructions that say: "...Drag an item onto this text, to add it to the toolbox..."

Sounds good; from where do I get such items to drag?

Solution

  • The toolbox is empty because there is no project loaded.

    The toolbox is populated with tools/controls according to the type of the current project. The controls are different for MFC than they are for ASP.NET, for example. If you haven't loaded any project, Visual Studio can't populate the toolbox.

    Either open an existing project, or go to File -> New Project to create a new one.