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BUG: Developer Studio Generates Duplicate Custom Menu Names

Article ID: 192567

Article Last Modified on 8/11/2005

Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q192567

SYMPTOMS

A mirror image of the previous "New Menu" occurs if command(s) are not added to the existing New Menu item.

RESOLUTION

After creating a New Menu item, ensure that at least one command(s) is added to it before adding another New Menu item.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
In the Category list, select New Menu.
Drag and drop the New Menu item from the Command list box to an empty spot in the toolbar docking area.

A disabled menu "Custom Menu 1" will appear.
Repeat steps 3 and 4.

Another menu called "Custom Menu 1" will be created.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

192568 BUG: Nested Custom Menus Revert to Their Default Names

192566 BUG: Custom Sub Menu Item Locks Developer Studio

192565 BUG: Custom Menus Disappear from the Main Menu Bar

For Visual C++ 5.0, Visual InterDev 1.0, and Visual J++ 2.0, please see the following online documentation:

"Customizing Toolbars and Menus"; Developer Products | Visual C++ | Developer Studio Environment User's Guide | Customizing Developer Studio | How Do I...Topics: Customizing Developer Studio | Customizing Toolbars and Menus

For Visual C++ 6.0, please see the following online documentation:

"Customizing Toolbars and Menus"; Visual C++ Documentation | Using Visual C++ | Visual C++ User's Guide | The Visual C++ Environment | Customizing Visual C++ | How Do I...Topics: Customizing Developer Studio | Customizing Toolbars and Menus

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