Visual Studio 2012 Not Recognizing Xaml Files, Design View Broken

Question

Design View for Xaml on Visual Studio Professional RC 2012 used to work for me. But suddenly stopped for no reason I can figure.

• Visual Studio 11 No longer Re

Answer 1

Check the following:

1. Tools -> Options
2. Expand Text Editor -> XAML -> Miscellaneous
3. Make sure that "Always open documents in full XAML view" is not checked

Or perhaps the default program for opening .xaml files has changed:

1. Right-click your .xaml file in Solution Explorer
2. Click Open With...
3. Select XAML UI Designer
4. Click Set as Default button
5. Click OK

EDIT

This does appear to be a known bug with an earlier version of VS11.