After installing and then repairing my VS2015 instance I still cannot get intellisense (server side) to work in my MVC views. I get alerted by message promp
There is another solution, without reset all user data
(but only window layouts/toolbars):
close all VS2015 instances, [eventually backup, and] delete the folder:
"[User Directory]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Visual Studio\14.0"
Now, re-open VS2015: layout was reset to factory preset, but Razor syntax would work