Find and Replace greyed out when working on XLF files in Studio 2017

Question

The Subject says it all. 
 I am reviewing a bunch of XLF files in Studio 2017 (created a project from scratch and added the files). I have opened the file in Quick Merge View, but I can't use the find and replace functions, they are simply greyed out. Any ideas?

Paul · Answer

Hi Jens Lindén , 
 
I suggest you reset Studio as this has helped in the past when this happened. Rename this folder (just add _old to the end or something, it's not important what you rename it to) and restart Studio: 
 
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\14.0.0.0 
 
So the path would become this: 
 
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\14.0.0.0_old 
 
If you can't find this folder then you need to unhide your hidden files/folders: 
 
 www.howtogeek.com/.../ 
Rename this folder (just add _old to the end or something, it's not important what you rename it to) and restart Studio: 
 
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\14.0.0.0 
 
So the path would become this: 
 
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\14.0.0.0_old 
 
If you can't find this folder then you need to unhide your hidden files/folders: 
 
 www.howtogeek.com/.../

Paul · Answer

Hi Jens Lindén , 
 
I doubt that had anything to do with this failure. It sounds as though you have other problems. I suggest you create a ticket and have a support engineer look at this. 
 
For licensing or installation issues that prevent you from working we have a route for all customers to get help. This can be achieved really quickly using this link: 
 
 gateway.sdl.com/liveagentlicensing 
 
You have two options: 
 
1. Submit a case using a webform 
2. Use live chat to get a licence reset 
 
You want to use the first option and make sure that you refer to this thread so the teams can see what you have tried already. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

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Find and Replace greyed out when working on XLF files in Studio 2017