Visual Studio 2008 sometimes does not open .aspx html markup

Question

From time to time, I run into a problem when Visual Studio Professional 2008 (SP1) refuses to open an aspx page. My site is in a web application project.

Double-clicking on an aspx page in the solution explorer simply brings up a tree view of node with code and .designer.cs to collapse and expand, it is almost as if VS thinks the file is already open, but it definitely isn’t.

I also tried right-clicking + View Markup or View Designer, but without joy. I also tried to unload / reload the project in the solution explorer, but this also does not solve the problem, I really need to close the whole solution and then open it again (which may take some time if there are many projects in the solution).

This sometimes happens only on one or two files, others open without problems. Has anyone else seen this and was aware of any problems and causes?

Greetings
Kev

Answer 1

Yes, I get this with only one aspx file in webproj. I can open it with a notebook in order, no one else has a problem with a file on my computer, and this is just the beginning to happen to me today. I use SourceSafe if that matters. I tried closing and reopening VS.

Answer 2

Do you have any additional / plugins? I saw issues that were fixed by removing DevExpress add-ons