c# - Visual Studio not showing IntelliSense descriptions anymore

Question

Since a month ago, my VS doesn't seem to want to display the summary info in tooltips for any system methods or classes when I hover them with my mouse.

I had ReSharper installed and started noticing this problem. I assumed that ReSharper disabled the default method descriptions, so I wasn't thinking much further about it, only considering it a mere annoyance.

After removing ReSharper though, the problem persisted.

VS now only shows descriptions for my own methods which I've added a <summary> tag for and any descriptions from NuGet packages, but not system methods like Where, Encoding.GetString, etc.

I've tried repairing VS, resetting settings, un-/checking checkboxes in Options > Text Editor > General, but to no avail.

Has anyone had a similar problem?

Answer 1

This looks more like a framework issue rather that a VS/R# issue. If neither one of them can load the description strings, it probably means the description XML files are missing.

Check if you see the XML files in:

C:Program Files (x86)Reference AssembliesMicrosoftFramework.NETFrameworkv4.5.2

If you don't, then reinstall the framework to fix the issue.

Link to .NET Framework 4.5.2 Developer Pack: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42637