Visual Studio 2005 has lost all shortcut keys!

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Jon Watte, Microsoft DirectX MVP - 25 Apr 2006 06:05 GMT

I have, in approximate order, over a few months, done the following:

1) Installed Visual Studio 2005 Pro with C# and C++ languages
2) Installed December 2005 DirectX SDK
3) Installed AMD CodeAnalyst
4) Installed February 2006 DirectX SDK
5) Uninstalled December DirectX SDK
6) Installed XNA Build CTP, and the MechCommander sample project
7) Uninstalled February 2006 DirectX SDK
8) Installed April 2006 DirectX SDK

At this point, all my shortcut keys are gone! They don't display in the
menus, and don't work -- F5 doesn't run, etc.

Going into the Customize -> Keyboard dialog shows empty spaces in all the
keyboard layout popups and fields (!) Pressing Reset fixes nothing.

I have re-installed VS 2005 from DVD, which re-booted my machine three
times, but that still doesn't fix the problem.

Help! How do I get command keys back?

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Jon Watte, Microsoft DirectX MVP - 25 Apr 2006 08:02 GMT

I found a solution after even more searching
(http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=344825&SiteID=1)

Apparently, there's a "current.vsk" file that lurks in a hidden directory
and does not get wiped/re-created when you totally uninstall and re-install
Visual Studio. This file can get lost, and won't get re-created. That's
pretty lame... at least it cost me several hours.

The solution:

devenv.exe /resetuserdata

> I have, in approximate order, over a few months, done the following:
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> Help! How do I get command keys back?

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