My XAML intellisense went away – just like that. The last thing I remember was installing Team Explorer for VS 2008. From that moment on, XAML intellisense disappeared. No Tools->Options settings appear to have any effect. It turns out this may happen after other types of installations related to Visual Studio. If you got this issue, it can probably be corrected with VS 2008 repair, but here’s how to correct it manually (much faster):

Open regedit.exe and navigate to:

(32 bit system) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{73B7DC00-F498-4ABD-AB79-D07AFD52F395}\InProcServer32

(64 bit system) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{73B7DC00-F498-4ABD-AB79-D07AFD52F395}\InProcServer32

if the (Default) value is empty – you got the issue… (a COM server is not registered properly).

To correct, open an admin command prompt and issue:

regsvr32 "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\TextMgrP.dll" (32 bit)

regsvr32 "%CommonProgramFiles(X86)%\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\TextMgrP.dll" (64 bit)

and presto! XAML intellisense is back (no need to restart Visual Studio).

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The Windows 7 beta has the sometimes annoying “Send Feedback” link on title bars which I click way too often when I reach for the minimize button.

As John Robbins discovered, you can remove it by opening regedit.exe, navigating to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and setting FeedbackToolEnabled value to 0. You’ll need to log off and log on to get the desired effect. When you really want to give feedback (and you should), simply use the shortcut on the desktop.

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I mentioned in the past the Natural Language Processing (NLP) library Proxeme Antelope, based on the .NET 2.0 framework. This library has been recently updated (version 0.8.6) and includes multithreading support, some API redesign for increased consistency and other enhancements. Download and experiment!

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