VS2010 CTRL+M keyboard shortcut has stopped working

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I have a strange problem which seems to have recently appeared. I used to be able to press the keyboard shortcut CTRL + M + O to 'collapse to definitions' in VS2010 when editing code, but it seems suddenly the CTRL + M key seems to have stopped working. When I now press the key combination I get the Open File dialogue.

I have tried the obvious things like resetting the keyboard scheme in Tools > Options but this has had no effect, I did also check that the default mapping for the keys were present and no other settings were overriding it in VS2010.

I have tried searching for an answer on the internet but can't find any other solutions. Has anyone heard of this happening before and do you know of a way to resolve this problem.

In addition, I very recently installed the new Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite, I am starting to wonder if this has any relation to this, although I'm not sure why it would! I have not had any of the apps running whilst VS2010 has been open. This could be of course a red herring!

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7 Answers

I have Skype installed. It had CTRL + M enabled for muting microphone.

Check all open programs and check their settings/options/preferences to see if they are using system wide shortcut keys and disable/modify accordingly.

user_12628220

I had the same problem. Bing Bar was installed but disabled in both FF and IE (FF had disabled it itself on security grounds, in IE I disabled it). I couldn't find any process specifically for the Bing Bar, but Ctrl + M stopped working if IE was running. Unistalled the Bing Bar and the problem went away. Thanks:)

Also, just to confirm it's not a Visual Studio issue - Ctrl + M stopped working in other programs too (at least SQL Navigator, which is quite an old program that I doubt is aware of and trying to use the Bing Bar - my guess is that it takes over Ctrl + M from everything).

user_2095680

Reboot worked for me.

I experienced this same issue out of nowhere (CTRL+M stopped responding).

I read the suggestions here but I could not find what process was causing it. I rebooted my laptop & the problem was solved!

user_10165670
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