It's happened again.  I loaded up a solution in Visual Studio 2005 Professional Team Suite, only to find that I can't see the solution, only the project.  That means that I cannot add another project to the solution, nor can I change the properties of the solution.  This happened to me a long time ago and when it happened again, I couldn't remember how to fix it.  I was stumped.  So, I did what any self-decided geek would do - I started hunting through the options in search of a fix.

I went through tons of property windows and option screens.  I hunted far and wide.  I read through the help files.  I was totally stumped.  I had decided that I must have just missed it, and rather than going through it again, I turned to the Blue Fairy - Google.  After a few minutes I had found the answer on this site.  I was right, I had just missed it.  It was good to know that I am not alone though.

Seems as though it's not really that tough to fix. I've summarized the steps in the list below:

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Click on 'Tools'
3. Click on 'Options'
4. Select 'Projects and Solutions' on the left-hand side
5. Place a checkmark in the box next to 'Always show solution'

That's it.  It's just that simple.  It takes more time to figure out than it actually takes to complete.  With any luck, you are reading this and saving yourself from some serious frustration.  My thanks goes out to Raimond Brookman for saving me from further time and frustration.  I'm posting this info just to help the propagation efforts.  There is so much useless information on the internet, it's often hard to find the relevant and useful stuff.  Now you don't have any good reasons to not get back to work!  Happy coding!