How to fix Visual Studio when CTRL F does not work

Alt + W + R
Window > Reset Window Layout
devenv /resetsettings
devenv /setup

About Dan Parker

SharePoint Developer since 2007. Born and raised in northern California, and moved to Houston in 2006. Always looking to improve my skills in SharePoint and .NET development.

Posted on November 16, 2009, in Programming. Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.

  1. this is 1000% working
    thank you very much sir

  2. Jayakumar Janakiraman

    This works Thanks very much

  3. This really worked. Saved my big time.

  4. Thanks.. Works great….

  5. Thanks. yaar u saved me. I already tried devenv /resetsettings in the VS Command prompt. but it haven’t worked.

  6. I love you! Great, works!

  7. dang this was frustrating…. Dan is the man!
    could you perhaps explain how the feature goes south in the first place?

  8. Thanks so much …. saved my time….

  9. Thanks a lot.
    It worked for me as a charm..

  10. SO frustrating…. thank you very much from an “old” programmer who did not need to live life without the search function….. Z

  11. Thank you So much. Great Work Parker

  12. Jonathan Berber

    Well well well. My Ctrl-F had mysteriously stopped working. Could not see why. Used Windows – Reset Layout and it fixed it. Thank you, Dan!

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