title: TODO items not showing up in Visual Studio Express 2012
body: <p>The TODO list items aren't showing up in Visual Studio Express 2012 for C++.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Why are the TODO list items not showing up?</strong></p>
  
  <p>This question has been asked before, but none of the answers have resolved my issue. I have done the following:</p>
  
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  <h2>What I have already tried:</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Checking formatting was:<br><code>//TODO test</code></p></li>
  <li><p>Checking the task list <strong>drop down</strong> was set to <strong>Comments</strong></p></li>
  <li><p>Made sure the <strong>file</strong> with the comment was <strong>open and selected</strong></p></li>
  <li><p>Set <strong>Enumerate Comment Tasks</strong> to <strong>True</strong> under:<br><em>Options->Text Editor->C/C++->Formatting->Miscellaneous->Enumerate Comment Tasks</em></p></li>
  <li><p><strong>Restarting</strong> the application</p></li>
  </ul>
  
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  <h2><strong>Solution:</strong></h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li>JBentley's first suggestion fixed the issue. I was <strong>missing</strong> the <strong>colon</strong>, so the correct format was:<br><code>//TODO: text</code></li>
  </ul>