Showing the Toolbox
If you close the Toolbox (from where you drag various controls), it could be a monumental task trying to find it again. In fact, I still don't know where it is in Visual Studio 2008. Probably getting an earful of constructive feedback, in Visual Studio 2010, it’s at least made a little more prominent. You can find it at View | Toolbox . If you’re good at memorizing shortcuts, Ctrl+Alt+X works in both versions.