# How to Deal with Layout Issues in Visual Style Builder

## Environment

| Product Version | Product                           | Author                                                                          |
| --------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 2021.1.223      | Visual Style Builder for WinForms | [Desislava Yordanova](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/desislava-yordanova) |

## Description

There are cases in which [Visual Style Builder](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/tools/visual-style-builder/overview) may not open properly indicating any XML errors. In other cases, the VSB tool may open successfully but its layout is totally messed up.

![vsb-layout-problems001](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/47ed8b12eb380a4a97c47bdbcd983cd4/vsb-layout-problems001.png)

## Solution

Since **R2 2018 SP1** [Visual Style Builder](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/tools/visual-style-builder/overview) is DPI-aware. Usually, the layout file of Visual Style Builder may store some old settings which leads to the undesired result illustrated above.

A common solution to this behavior is to close Visual Style Builder. Please navigate to the **C:\Users'your user name'\AppData\Roaming\Telerik\WinForms\VSB** folder and delete the **VsbLayout.xml**. Restart Visual Style Builder and now it should be loaded as expected.

## See Also

* [Visual Style Builder](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/tools/visual-style-builder/overview)