Measurement Studio Toolbox only has two items now.

[DieselPower]

Last time I checked the toolbox was fine.  Now I only have two items in it.  I tried resetting the entire toolbox and devenv/ setup and neither fixed the problem.  When I select "show all" I see the rest, but they are dimmed like they are disabled.

[TaufikPerdana]

Click menu Tools->Choose Toolbox Items then wait until window appear. In .NET Framework Components tab make sure that all component that contain namespace National Instruments is checked. Then click OK.

is that solve your problem?

[DieselPower]

I have two computers with VS and MS.  I checked the one that works and it does not show any NI items checked on the COM window, but all of the MS controls are there.  I don't see how this will fix the problem on the one that isn't working.

I added them and other tools were added to my box, but not the typical UI tools from MS.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

[DieselPower]

Well I found where the controls were listed...on the first tab in the toolbox selector.  The tools I need are in fact selected, but aren't showing up.  If I right-click the tool box and say "show all," the controls show, but they are grayed.  See picture below.

[nickb · Accepted solution]

Hey Michael - 

Could this be what you're seeing?

NickB

National Instruments 

[DieselPower]

Fixed.  Thanks!

[psgeorge]

I had the same problem and when I right-clicked "Show-all", they showed up grayed out.  Now how do I "un-gray" them so that I can use them?

[D_Biel]

This is likely the same solution that NickB posted. Ensure that your project options have the correct .NET framework selected for the Target Framework setting. For instruction on how to do this, see NickB's link above.

[psgeorge]

That was it.... I had "client" selected and I needed "full".   Thanks!

[Shawn_S.]

More specifically, here is the method psgeorge is talking about...To resolve this issue, right clicking on the project in question and select properties from the context menu.  Then on the application tab of the new window that opens, he chose the Target framework drop down and selected ".NET Framework 4" rather than ".NET Framework 4 Client Profile".