Design view not working in Web Projects in Visual Studio 2008

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When I try to edit an ASPX file with the Design View it freezes for a moment and does nothing, not even an error message.
Looking through menus I've seen some strange things:

  • If I go to Tools->Options->HTML Designer it gives me no options on the right panel, just a "Error loading property page" message.
  • When I try to open a file using "Open With…" there should be something like "Web Form – Editor", but it is missing and I can only open them using Code View.

I've tried repairing Visual Studio and reinstalling WebDesignerCore, but nothing works. Anyone had the same problem?

Best Answer

This seems to be a known bug with Visual Studio 2008 - you could try the hotfix for this issue.

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