title: Missing Status Bar in Visual Studio?
body: <p><em>Note: This question and answer is a full copy from <a href="http://kellybrownsberger.com/?p=581" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kelly Brownsbergers Blog</a>. I do post it as a convenience to others.</em></p>
  
  <p>From time to time, my status bar disappears.  I used to believe this was due to a botched install or add-in.  I recently upgraded to Team System Test Edition, and my status bar again disappeared.  For the last few weeks I’ve been trying to figure out a time to do a full reinstall.</p>