title: How do I make TODO comments show up in the task list for C++ projects in Visual Studio 2010?
body: <p>I'm trying to get my TODO comments to show up in the task list in Visual Studio 2010 for a C++ project, but they don't.  I looked at <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zce12xx2%28v=VS.100%29.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>, but see no caveats other than the TODO comments need to be in the currently-open file.  For example, creating a new Win32 console app places this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in a new file, stdafx.h.  However, there's nothing in the task list.</p>
  
  <p>I have "Comments" chosen from the drop-down in the task list, but it's always empty.  And it's not <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1663914/todo-comments-are-not-showing-up-in-the-task-list">this problem</a>; I can open the file and be looking at the TODO comment in the code editor and no task is shown.  This is not a problem for C# projects as TODO comments show up as designed in those projects; this appears to be an issue specific to C++ projects.</p>
  
  <p>What else can I check?</p>