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WinForms Toolbox shows not existing controls?

I pressed the right mouse button and selected the "Show All" option.

After that, a lot of duplicates of the same controls appeared. However, there are controls that I have not seen before. The problem is that they are disabled, I can't put them on the form.

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I tried to find them in the list by right clicking and selecting "Choose Items...", but they are not in any of the tabs.

How can I find and enable these controls?

Solution

  • Show all will display all controls, for example, the MFC Control you screenshot should be a C++ control: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/mfc/controls-mfc?view=msvc-170

    You created a Windows Forms App (.NET Framework), you just need to uncheck the Show all and all the controls you can use will be displayed in the toolbar.