how to properly install stylecop?

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Well i downloaded the newest version, then installed, checked to instal entire files on local drive. I restarted VS2010 and rerun it. Unfortunatelly i can't find in menu > tools anything with should be connected with stylecop ( as in tutorial "how to use stylecop"). I am using x64 Windows7. I really really don't know how to to use it.

Look: I click inside code, white field and i see only this: enter image description here

Which version did you download (the latest is 4.5.13)? Do you have C:\Program Files\StyleCop 4.5 folder? Do you have StyleCop displayed in Help / About menu in Visual Studio? — Oleg Shuruev, May 05 '11 at 14:45

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '11 at 08:55

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1) Download StyleCop from here

2) Close all Visual Studio instances

3) Install StyleCop

4) Open Visual Studio, Right click inside code file and you could see Run StyleCop Option

answered May 05 '11 at 08:55

Mahesh Velaga

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i did it, and no "Run StyleCop" – deadfish May 05 '11 at 09:06
You have to Right-Click on the code-file in the Solution Explorer (and not inside your code-file) to select "Run StyleCop" option. If you right-click inside your code-file, all you can see is "Exclude from StyleCop" option" Hope this helps. – YashG99 Jan 30 '14 at 16:51
"Run StyleCop" option will not be available with visual studio express editions – aravind Sep 04 '15 at 12:38

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '11 at 12:36

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Are you using one of the Visual Studio Express products? If so, you will not see UI integration of StyleCop since the VS Express edition does not support integration of add-ins and packages like StyleCop.

If you are using Express, you could still run StyleCop, but this will require using either MSBuild integration or a pre- or post- build event.

answered May 06 '11 at 12:36

Nicole Calinoiu

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i didnt doticed that express will suck – deadfish May 07 '11 at 19:31
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This link shows how to integrate StyleCop into Visual Studio C# Express 2010. Its warnings will only show when there are zero compiler errors: http://stylecop.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Running%20StyleCop%20in%20VS2005%20or%20VS%20Express – Gavilan Comun Sep 11 '12 at 09:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 10:14

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It looks like it is possible to use StyleCop with Express edition. Here is how.

answered Nov 28 '13 at 10:14

Vladislav Kostenko

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