Dmitry,

I think you missed this little tidbit (from Help):

Specify the number of documents you want to appear in the folder.

Note
If you leave the value at zero (0), then the folder only displays files that are currently open and not those that you have closed.

~~Bonnie





>I am having a problem understanding how the Miscellaneous Files work in VS 2005. I read about it and tried to follow steps but something does not work.
>
>Here is what I did:
>
>1. I specified in the Options dialog box to "Show Miscellaneous Files in Solution Explore."
>2. I open a Word document from the VS 2005. At this time I momentarily see the folder Miscellaneous Files in my Solution Explorer.
>3. But when I come back from working with the Word document back to the VS 2005 Solution Explorer, the Miscellaneous File folder is not there.
>
>What am I missing?