I have Visual Studio 2022, newest version 17.1.0 running on Windows 10 Pro (up to date). This just started happening yesterday, so maybe it has something to do with the new update.
I open a solution, everything is fine. If I minimize Visual Studio, I can't get it back.
It's running. I can see the toolbar icon looks like it's supposed to when an app is running and I can see it in Task Manager. But I can't get it back on the screen (I have a single monitor setup). It makes the error sound, and does nothing. I can right-click and open another instance, or I can right-click and select "close window", but I can't interact with the original instance at all. If I try to ALT-TAB to it, I can see it, but then it still just makes an error sound and won't come back up. If I hover over the taskbar button, it will show me the window and I can right-click on that and choose "restore" or "maximize", and that's the only way I can get it back.
It seems to do this for multiple solutions, but it's fairly consistent, once it's minimized I can't get it back without closing and reopening the solution or the right-click thing. Anyone run into something like this?
Have the same problem. Only awkward workaround I found so far was to use Process Explorer from Sysinternals, search for a process named devenv.exe, right click -> Window -> Bring To Front.
Update - easier workaround: Click on the VS icon on the taskbar. Once it is selected, press Windows + Cursor Up.
I do a shift+Right-Click on the icon in the task bar, then select Maximize.
That works for me. [This is still an issue with 17.1.1]
I have the same problem ever since I updated to VS 2022 17.1. It seems we'll have to wait for an update that fixes the problem.
I have a workaround that works well whether you have multiple vs instances opened and stacked in your taskbar or not.
You simply have to right click the instance you want to restore in the taskbar and select the Maximize option