Question

In Visual Studio 2008 I somehow dragged around my tool windows so that now

• Solution Explorer
• Database Explorer
• Class Explorer
• Properties

are all in one long vertical tool window on the side. Now matter how I move them around, undock, unhide, hide, dock them, I can’t get them back to how they were.

What do I have to do so that:

• Solution Explorer
• Database Explorer
• Class explorer

are on the top half on the right, and:

• Properties

is on the bottom half?

Answer 1

Grab the tab for ‘Properties’ and drag up, you should see the 9 drop hints on your screen. You want the bottom one in the ‘five-leaf’ clover that is in the middle of the toolbar window.

If all else fails, Tools -> Import and Export Settings -> Reset all settings.