Find in Visual Studio does nothing

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I tried a series of possible solutions (/ResetSettings, control scrolllock, control-pausebreak, pausebreak in the find panel, scrolllock in the find panel, and all sometimes all at once) to no avail. When I click find absolutely nothing happens.

Find-all and replace/replace-all respond the same way. I'm on the verge of a reinstall, but I've read that will not solve the problem. What is going on and what can I do? Anyone experience this?

what's your context? Selection? Entire Solution?, Current Project? — Roberto Alarcon, Dec 07 '11 at 00:48
Unfortunately it does not work 100% of the time, no project loaded, entire solution, current project, and in directory. I have been using the search all directory feature more than quite a bit, and I feel it is the root of the cause. The button is active, clicking it does nothing. — Dested, Dec 07 '11 at 02:49
Possible duplicate here [Visual Studio search stops working for “Entire Solution”][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/892126/visual-studio-search-stops-working-for-entire-solution — MW_dev, May 04 '13 at 09:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 05 '17 at 08:29

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I caved in and reinstalled Visual Studio. It works now.

edited Aug 05 '17 at 08:29

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 07 '11 at 08:41

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I suppose if that worked for you then you might as well accept it as the anwer. – Malice Dec 07 '11 at 20:02

Find in Visual Studio does nothing

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