Hi Everyone,

I am new to visual studio .NET and get a litle problem as follow pls help

I am trying to create a simple ASP.NET page and trying to connect to the DB.  From the instruction I tried to open Server Explorer from

View->Server Explorer

nothing happen but when I tried to open let say View->Solution Explorer, Solution Explorer window does open.

I also tried to open Tools->Connect to Database or Tools->Connect to server nothing happen too.
Is there another to connect to the db in visual studio .NET 2005
Thanks in advance for your help. 

Server Explorer usually appears as a tab (not complete window). Look around at the IDE edges and check is there is Server Explorer tab appear somewhere - click it if you find it.

Hi Mikhail,

Thank you very much for your replied.
I understand what you mean by Server Explorer usually appears as a tab (not complete window).
I could not find it anywhere so I added to "ToolBar Option" and still when I click on it nothing happen. unlike solution Explorer, when I added to the ToolBar and once click it did open.

Thanks in advance for your help.

You can also try:

Tools\Connect To Database

Tools\Connect To Server

both wizard also popup server explorer.

Maybe you can also try to reset the settings in "Tools\Import and Export Settings" as a last resort.

After all this, if it doesnt work out - try out -