Question

In Visual Studio 2010 SP1, automatic outlining is not enabled for ASPX files when I open them. For each file opened, I need to click Edit / Outlining / Start automatic outlining, which is extremely annoying. This step is not necessary when code-only (non-ASPX) files are opened.

I use a few extensions, all of them from MS, including Power Tools, the JavaScript tools, etc., and I thought that maybe they were causing the problem, so I disabled all of them and restarted VS, but the problem still exists.

I did not have this problem with VS2010 (no SP) on Win XP Pro, which I used for about 18 months, but I recently did a clean install of Win 7 x64, VS2010, and VS2010 SP1, and now I have this issue.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I posted the same question at the MS forums, and was told to do the following, which I have not yet had time to try, but I thought I would add it here for now:

Please try to create two new project (one is the same type project as
your previous project, one is another type project.) see whether this
issue still exists.

If this issue still exists, you can try the following solutions:

1. If we reboot the operating system to safe mode, do we have the
   problem? This can help to isolate whether any other applications are
   interfering with Visual Studio. Note that some features (like IIS) are
   not available under safe mode. Please check whether this can apply or
   not. In addition to safe mode, we can also suggest “clean boot”:
   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 .

   1. If we create a new user account, do we have the problem? This can
      help to isolate user profile corruption related causes.

   2. If we use “devenv.exe /resetsettings”, does it solve the problem?
      It restores Visual Studio default settings.

   3. If the problem remains, we can use Visual Studio Setup Wizard (via
      Control Panel) to repair Visual Studio. It can restore the Visual
      Studio Installation into its original state.

The forum thread is here.

I will provide my results if I make progress.