Visual Studio 2008 – Missing Server Explorer

December 9th, 2009 3 Comments

In the past year, one way or another, my Server Explorer tab in Visual Studio 2008 had disappeared. My main use of the tab was to access Microsoft Sql Server tables. I had tried a variety of things in the past in a quick effort to fix the problem. I was unable to find a suitable solution. Now, with a quick command, the problem is fixed. Try:

  1. Close all instances of Visual Studio.
  2. In All Programs > Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 > Visual Studio Tools folder, open the application Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt
  3. Next, type in devenv /resetskippkgs at the command prompt.

On the next reload of Visual Studio 2008, the problem is fixed. Visual Studio 2003 and 2010 should both have their version of Command Prompts that can be used to fixed similar problems. Good luck!

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3 Responses to “Visual Studio 2008 – Missing Server Explorer”

  1. Peter says:
    January 21, 2010 at 4:13 am

    Great, saved me from a reinstall

    Reply
  2. Delwugor says:
    February 4, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Spent an hour trying to get this fixed myself using other’s suggestions. Your’s worked for me and I appreciate your helpful post.

    Reply
  3. Charanjot Singh says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:15 am

    Thanks its really works. I spent lots of time to fox it but this really help and solved the problem in few mins.

    Reply

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