Visual Studio 2013, Resharper, & Why I Could Not Update My Project Files

I learned early on that Resharper is an invaluable tool as much as it is a finicky animal. This problem is a perfect example: Upon opening a file within a project that I frequently visit, I found that I could not update it. Anything I typed on the keyboard was not making it's way through the Visual Studio plumbing to the editor window.

I so tried opening a different project in another instance of Visual Studio. That one behaved normally. I rebooted my workstation and went back into the problem project; but the problem persisted.

If you ever have this problem and you are running Resharper, look for the Resharper icon located in the bottom status bar of Visual Studio. It's location is all the way to the right of the bar. In my case, it was missing when the problem project was loaded.

So, what I did was clear the Resharper cache from within the options window...

Upon restarting Visual Studio, VIOLA! The status icon returned and so did my ability to edit documents.