>From: "W. Blume" <nospamplease@yahoo.com>
>Subject: tools menu is missing - how do I get it back?
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:17:30 -0700
>
>I added an external tool in the "Tools" menu of the
>VS .Net C++ interface (version 7.1.3088). Then I wanted
>to add a keyboard binding to it, so I began doing that.
>Since I didn't know which command number it was, I pulled
>down the Tools menu (while the "keyboard customization"
>dialog box was up) to count how many items down on the
>tools menu it was. After that the Tools menu disappeared
>completely from the interface! I can't figure out how to
>get it back. All the other menus are still there,
>i.e. "File Edit View Project Build Debug Window Help",
>just the "Tools" does not appear.
>
>Any ideas out there? I tried resetting the "layout",
>which didn't work.
>

>-----Original Message-----
>I cannot reproduce your problem. Can you spell out the
exact steps you
>followed to get there?
>Here's what I did:
>
>1st try:
>1 - Tools -> Customize (or right click menu area -->
Customize)
>2 - Click "Keyboard" button.
> At this time the menu is not available to you, so I
guess these were
>not your steps.
>
>2nd try:
>1 - Tools -> Customize
>2 - Drag and drop the tool menu out of the menu bar area,
hence removing it
>from the MenuBar
> At this point, I'm without the Tool menu
>3 - Close the Customize window
>And here's the fix:
>4 - Right click menu area --> Customize
>5 - Click MenuBar
>6 - Click "Reset" button
>7 - Click "ok" to the window that follows.
>Voila'! the Tools menu is back!
>I think you didn't have step 5 above.
>
>Hope that works!!
>- Joao
>
>--------------------
>>From: "W. Blume" <nospamplease@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: tools menu is missing - how do I get it back?
>>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:17:30 -0700
>>
>>I added an external tool in the "Tools" menu of the
>>VS .Net C++ interface (version 7.1.3088). Then I wanted
>>to add a keyboard binding to it, so I began doing that.
>>Since I didn't know which command number it was, I
pulled
>>down the Tools menu (while the "keyboard customization"
>>dialog box was up) to count how many items down on the
>>tools menu it was. After that the Tools menu
disappeared
>>completely from the interface! I can't figure out how
to
>>get it back. All the other menus are still there,
>>i.e. "File Edit View Project Build Debug Window Help",
>>just the "Tools" does not appear.
>>
>>Any ideas out there? I tried resetting the "layout",
>>which didn't work.
>>
>
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