Visual Studio 2012 Editor question

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I am using VS 2012 to work on a long term project. Used to be, when I saved then opened it at a later date, the editor would keep track of which classes and headers were open at the time (Tabs under ribbon bar).

Something changed. Now when I reopen the editor, the class open tabs are not shown. I don't remember changing things, but anything is possible. Is there a flag somewhere that covers how much is remembered? Where does one go to cause the editor to remember the open classes last displayed.

Thanks,

Barry

Posted 2-Mar-15 12:25pm

BarryPearlman

Updated 2-Mar-15 21:58pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Mar-15 18:56pm

You removed some of the VS files which are not your source code files: *.user, *.suo...
Why would you need to rely on such things? But, between VS sessions, preserve whatever you want.
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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-03-02T23:15:00

It means VS has got confused - it does it from time to time.

Close VS, and use Windows Explorer to browse to the solution folder.
Go to "Organise", "Folder and search options", and then to the "View" tab.
Select "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" and press "OK"
You should now see some "*.suo" files. Delete or rename them.
Change your view setting back to "Don't show hidden..."
Restart Visual Studio, and it will recreate the files. The next time you open VS after that it should be back to normal and preserving your tabs.