Scroll Bar’s scrolling bar missing

Question

Recently in my version of Visual Studio 2012 my scrollbar’s scrolling bar went missing in the code editor(text editor) and I need them back. It’s not the Tools->Options->Text Editor->Display Vertical Scroll bar and Horizontal Scroll bar check box issue. They are both checked and when they are not checked the bar does go away. The arrows in the scroll bar still work and I can move through the code and the page follows the cursor when moving through the code. I checked my other versions of Visual Studios on my computer and the bars are there. Missing Hbar Missing Vbar

I tried repairing Visual Studio with no luck. I then tried uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio also no luck.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I cleared it up simply by moving the file "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Default.cache" from my folder %userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\visualstudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache.

It appears to have cleared up this "cached" behavior "preference". The neighboring folder %userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\visualstudio\11.0\Extensions had a couple other likely cache file culprits.

Although his solution to delete toolbox*.* files did not work for me, I was inspired by Roman Hnatiuk's resolution of a similar problem at https://rhnatiuk.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/toolbox-scrollbar-disappeared-in-visual-studio/.

Answer 2

Goto Tools > Options

Choose "Text Editor" > "All Languages" > "Scroll Bars"

Check the appropriate scroll bars

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