Visual Studio 2012 “Show All Files” button missing

Question

In my solution I have three projects: Console application, class library, and a website project. The Show All Files button is visible on the console and class library proje

Answer 1

If you want to get Show all file menu just hide the solution explorer and open it fom view=>Other Windows=>Solution Explorer and clik it it will show all files menu

Answer 2

if you click on solution name in "solution explorer" maybe you will can't see "Show all files" button. because maybe added F# or website project in solution. if you want see "Show all files" button, you must click on project name which is C# or native C++ or C++.net.

Answer 3

"Show All Files" is not shown in a Web Site Project because it's not needed and all files are already shown in the Solution Explorer. I think that this behavior is the same for older versions of VS

Answer 4

The "Show All Files" auto hides.

Click on the folder that has the hidden file, the button should show up.

By clicking on the project (the folder under the solution) the solution explore checks if all sub folders has hidden file, this will prompt the button to be revealed.