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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:13:06+00:00

I work in Visual Studio 2008, and a moment ago, I lost access to

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I work in Visual Studio 2008, and a moment ago, I lost access to the windows usually docked at the bottom of the IDE (Immediate, Error List, Search Results) and I can’t find a way to get them back again.

I tried

  • Using all the possible shortcuts (CTRL+ALT+I, CTRL+ALT+O)- none of them work
  • Using the menu: Debug > Windows > Immediate- did not work
  • Doing a search- no results appear
  • Rebooting- didn’t work either

I can however watch, dock, and generally work the breakpoints window.
When I am in Debug mode I can see them again, but if I try to de-dock the window, I get a VS Exception.

Has anyone experienced this issue before?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The menu commands (which you’ve already tried)

    • Debug > Windows > Immediate
    • View > Find Results > Find Results

    or the keyboard shortcuts

    Ctrl + D, I or Ctrl + Alt + I (For the Immediate window)

    should work.

    If they don’t, (and it isn’t because the windows are collapsed, undocked, etc) then something has gone wrong.

    Try 

    Window > Reset Window Layout

    (see Mladen’s post) and if that fails, try restarting Visual Studio.

    If all else fails, you can try

    Tools > Import and Export Settings... > Reset all settings

    (It gives you an option to backup your current settings)

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