DevExpress Controls not visible in Visual Studio toolbox

Although question quite old, I often get this problem when installing a DevExpress upgrade. Steps to get it working are:

  • 'Repair' the DevExpress installation
  • Run the Toolbox Creator from the Start Menu

Also one thing I noticed with this version is that the toolbox only seems to appear on .Net Framwork 3.5 and above web projects.

Had this issue with Dev Express v2011 vol 2.

Hope it helps.


You can manually add them by creating a new DevExpress Toolbox Tab and dragging all the DLLs from

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DevExpress 2010.1\Components\Sources\DevExpress.DLL"

Remove (x86) for a 32 bit Windows installation.

Hope that helps!