Cannot find Property Manager option in Visual Studio (not Express version)

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I need to work with the Property Sheet of a project. I followed instruction on msdn to try to find Property Manager under View, but I do not see Property Manager as a menu option under Tool. I only saw Property Pages and Properties Window. I tried both options but they do not seem to be where I can create a property sheet. My Visual Studio version is as follows: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.0.30319 SP1Rel. Can anyone please give a pointer? Thanks.

TLDR -- it's under `View->Other Window`, lads, it's there!! – mlvljr Sep 21 '17 at 00:05 — mlvljr, Sep 21 '17 at 00:05

score 88 · Answer 1 · edited May 20 '14 at 13:46

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I finally found mine under View->Other Windows, near the bottom.

edited May 20 '14 at 13:46

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answered Oct 15 '12 at 04:17

kmote

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In VS2013 the `Property Mananager` is also located under `View->Other Windows` – 0x8BADF00D Jun 27 '14 at 16:01
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Worked for VS 2019 – Benav Oct 30 '19 at 23:44
Worked for VS 2019, thank you for the information. – IcyBrk Jul 11 '23 at 21:16

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '12 at 19:25

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Try resetting your View menu, Property Manager should indeed be there.

Go to Tools -> Customize.
In the popup window, select the Commands tab.
Select the Menu bar: button, and in the dropdown menu select View
Click Reset All and confirm.

This should restore Property Manager to your View menu.

answered Apr 16 '12 at 19:25

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I did what you said but I can't find it on `view` menu. I found it on `View->Other Windows` as other answers said – Hamed Apr 10 '13 at 19:41

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 02 '12 at 19:19

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To see the Property Manager you need to have Expert Settings enabled. You can find this option in:

Tools -> Settings

answered Oct 02 '12 at 19:19

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No Tools->settings option in VS 2010 – Ken Nov 14 '12 at 10:54
I use VS 2010 Express and found it right at Tools->Settings->Expert Settings (in fact I use it in german, so I got: "Erweiterte Einstellungen") – Martin May 21 '14 at 09:10
you helped me alot with that, unlocked a lot of options i was looking for in my properties window. thanks – Diedre Oct 06 '14 at 19:45
This is it for me, not other windows or the accepted answer. – demongolem Dec 22 '15 at 16:50

score 17 · Answer 4 · edited May 20 '14 at 13:48

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It is under View --> Other Windows --> Properties Manager. It works.

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answered Mar 28 '13 at 08:13

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zdan · Answer 5 · 2019-06-06T20:14:09.440

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This is how I restored the Property Manager menu item in Visual Studio 2013:

Select Tools\Customize
Select the Commands Tab and Menu Bar
Under the dropdown beside Menu Bar, select "View | Other Windows" (or wherever you'd like to put it)
Click "Add Command..." and select the View category
Find and select Property Manager from Commands and click OK

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answered Feb 17 '15 at 22:00

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It was a relief just to find out where the Property Manager was so I could at least use it – The Vivandiere Mar 26 '15 at 17:45

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 04 '14 at 14:34

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In my case it was just in the VIEW toolbar - almost in the bottom. Running VS2013 Pro update 3

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 24 '19 at 10:59

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View > Property Manager or View > Other Windows > Property Manager, please try this

answered Aug 24 '19 at 10:59

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 02 '12 at 14:12

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None of the above answers worked for me. What worked for me is:

Tools -> Import and Export Settings -> Reset all settings -> ... -> Visual C++ Development Settings

answered Nov 02 '12 at 14:12

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Pelican · Answer 9 · 2014-12-30T03:08:49.700

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Despite I selected Visual C# settings at first use, for some reason, VC++ settings were ON, causing the visual components property window to not show up while pressing F4. Selecting Visual C# settings ( in Tools | Import and export settings... | Reset All ) made it work.

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answered Dec 30 '14 at 02:55

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 20:06

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Property Manager is a moot utility now. Since the property sheet is defined for each project, it can be edited by right clicking on the project and selecting properties. If you need to edit multiple projects once, just select all the projects you want to effect a change and do the right clicking trick. This brings up the same property pages as it would from Property Manager.

answered Aug 07 '15 at 20:06

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This is the only thing that worked for me. There is no Property Manager (I tried everything above) in my copy of VS 2012 Professional. – mclaassen Nov 06 '15 at 19:12

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 19 '18 at 07:28

Since none of the given answers worked for me here are my two cents.

Like any well hidden menu in Visual Studio this one can be found by opening Tools -> Options... -> Environment -> Keyboard and searching for "View.PropertyManager". There you can give it a global shortcut. While this only helps if you know the name of the menu or command you are looking for it's much faster go through a bunch of guesses this way than by randomly browsing menus.

Cannot find Property Manager option in Visual Studio (not Express version)

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