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For some reason Visual Studio is showing me this weird, ugly skeleton design view when I try building Mango apps instead of the regular fully detailed view I used to get with the old 7.0 apps.

Any idea what setting I need to change to revert back to the old view? I've spent forever searching for the right option but can't find it anywhere.

Here's what my design view currently looks like: Skeleton Design View

Thanks, Zain

Zain Rizvi
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  • do you have any errors on your view? – Justin XL Nov 05 '11 at 10:50
  • Nope, this screenshot is from a brand new project, untouched – Zain Rizvi Nov 05 '11 at 18:03
  • @parioscreations have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the SDK? – William Melani Feb 18 '12 at 02:20
  • If it helps, it seems that this display is only showed when you are using Windows Phone OS 7.1. I recommend that, until a solution is found, that you use Windows Phone 7.0 if you are having the sam problems – Griffin Feb 18 '12 at 23:58
  • just out of curiosity, does it look right when you open in Blend? Also, does the app look and work correctly when you run it in the emulator or on a device? This is a really strange problem... – Chris Koenig Feb 21 '12 at 19:28
  • Might be worth loading another instance of VS2010 and attaching to the first instance and seeing if you get any clues from there. – gbanfill Feb 23 '12 at 22:23
  • I tried reinstalling VS but that didn't fix the issue. However I just tried opening VS a few days ago (after a couple month siesta) and a new WP7.1 project loads just fine. Weird – Zain Rizvi Feb 24 '12 at 01:09
  • Still doesn't load fine for me. And being a newbie, I don't know how to open a project in Blend. Even if I could, I would still like to alter the GUI on the screen than in Blend. – Griffin Feb 26 '12 at 01:17
  • And yes, the display is fine when I run it. – Griffin Feb 26 '12 at 01:17
  • Holy cow. I just opened Blend. Wow.... ANYWAYS It does seem that it shows the project fine in Blend. Well, hopefully someone responds with a good answer. – Griffin Feb 26 '12 at 01:21
  • Oh wait, sorry, I just realized that I'd installed VS Ultimate on my machine. That must have fixed whatever was broken. Guess it didn't fix itself – Zain Rizvi Feb 28 '12 at 20:24

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I had the same problems few weeks ago. Normally an uninstallation would not really help. I guess you also have installed the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1. So to solve your problem, uninstall all of your Visual Studio and Windows Phone Related Products, normally these are:

  • Visual Studio 2010 (or Express)
  • Visual Sudio 2010 SP1
  • Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh

After uninstallation install all products in the following order:

1) Visual Studio 2010 (or Express)
2) Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh

and after (1) and (2) install and apply the Visual Studio 2010 - Service Pack 1.

Thre problem is, that if you install the SP1 before the Game Studio, there are some missing links and files which are not patched and this leads to the missfunctionality of the Windows Phone Designer.

I hope, i was able to help you :)

Mario Fraiß
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