Visual Studio 2010: Projectitem unavailable

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Ian Boyd picture Ian Boyd · Nov 21, 2011 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

When trying to design a form in Visual Studio 2010:

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How do i tell Visual Studio to ignore whatever's causing the problem and continue?

Research the problem showed two possible solutions:

In my case restarting Visual Studio causes it to get its head out of it's own assembler.

Someone phrase those in the form of an answer, and get free rep. (SO prevents me from posting my own answer).

Answer

Ian Boyd picture Ian Boyd · Nov 21, 2011

Simply restart Visual Studio, and it will get unstuck.

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