Visual Studio 2010 toolbox controls disabled or inactive

Question

I am trying to fix this from last two 2 or 3 days but failed. VS 2010 toolbox in asp application development(design mode or source) is not showing all controls(showing html

Answer 1

After a long time googling , and mostly all answers - revolving around

1. Reset Toolbar
2. Delete .tbd files from C:\Users(your user)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0
3. Using devenv.exe /SafeMode & devenv.exe /ResetSettings.

None of them working out for me, making me more sick.

There is something I did which worked and thought it's worth sharing if it helps someone.

I followed all of the above steps, failing . I did Step 1 & 2 with my project (in VS 2012) open and

• Right Click on Toolbox > Choose Items > Pressed Reset > ok.
• Then again, Right Click on Toolbox > Add Tab > 'gave it some name' > then again
• Reset Toolbox

There was some screen flash/flickering - some loading .

And to my surprise the Grey life ( grey controls ) were now available .

Hope this helps someone like me! :)