Visual studio 2010 solution explorer settings

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I got a fairly large (C++) project in Visual studio 2010. Somehow I managed to click "Show all files" in the solution explorer and now a bug in visual studio 2010 is preventing me from uncheck the option.

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/614417/visual-studio-crashes-when-switching-solution-explorers-view

Do anyone here know where the this setting is stored? I've searched the solution file, project files, filter files without finding anything.

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I see that bug has been closed as fixed. I wonder if that's something included in the SP1 beta? - Cody Gray

2 Answers

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For C#, similar user-specific data is stored in SolutionName.suo (hidden) and ProjectName.csproj.user files. See if you have what might be the equivalent files for C++. You can freely delete these files to reset user-specific settings, which should restore solution explorer to its default view.

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In addition to those programming in C++, for VS 2010 C++ these files are:

ProjectName.suo ProjectName.vcxproj.user