Why doesn't VS 2008 IDE remember my preferences?

Question

This is a very petty question that I'm only asking while compiling... ;)

For some reason my VS 2008 IDE doesn't remember my window preferences when I close & reopen - it resets the window widths, locations, appearances etc.

Where's the secret switch so that my IDE stays looking the way I want it?

Answer 1

The window positions are stored in the following file:

%APPDATA%\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\windows.prf

I'm guessing that you don't have write access to this file, or something.

Anyway if you can somehow delete this file, it will regenerate it when you next start up your VS, with the windows in their default positions.

Answer 2

Try resetting the Visual Studio

Tools->Import and Export Settings->Reset All Settings

Or

devenv.exe /resetsettings