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The Solution Explorer in Visual Studio is a window that shows the files present in a Visual Studio Solution.

The Solution Explorer in Visual Studio is a window that shows the files present in a Visual Studio Solution.
By default, it is located on the righthand side of Visual Studio.

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VS 2012: Scroll Solution Explorer to current file

VS2010 had the feature that viewing a file would automatically cause Solution Explorer to scroll to that file. With VS2012, viewing different files from within the IDE no longer scrolls and select the file in Solution Explorer automatically. Is it…
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How do I change the font size of Solution Explorer (in Visual Studio)

How do I change the font size used in Solution Explorer? The default font size is too small for me.
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Is it possible to change icons in Visual Studio 2012?

Is there any way to replace VS2012 solution explorer's icons with VS2010 ones? At least 'folder' icon :(
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Why doesn't Visual Studio refresh the folders when I click the Solution Explorer refresh button?

In Visual Studio 2008, I can see all my project files in my Solution Explorer, and these files exist in an actual diectory. However, if I add a file to that directory (let's say, an test.sqlite file in the App_Data folder, or say, images created by…
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Refresh button in Visual Studio Solution Explorer not working

Just got Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop and finding myself overly annoyed that the Solution Explorer doesn't accurately reflect the state of my project. I keep clicking Refresh, but it doesn't actually do anything. Microsoft's…
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Solution Explorer doesnt show the folder although the folder is present in my local drive (local copy) Visual studio

I have copied the source code from source control explorer to my local drive. the mapping is done and i am able to work on the code and build it. However, there are some files which doesnot show up in the Solution Explorer although it shows in the…
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Is there any Visual Studio extension to “favorite” folders and files?

I'm working on a middle-sized project that contains several class libraries, database model and an ASP .NET MVC website project. However, even though there are less than 15 projects in the solution, I often find myself collapsing and expanding…
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Visual Studio Solution from multiple Git repositories

We have two different repositories on Git which need to come together to form the solution in Visual Studio. Files under each project may be from the two different repositories. I need to make sure that when I make changes, it updates the changes in…
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How to use shared resource file between projects in one solution?

I have a problem with resource files. I have a solution with two projects. The first project contains ImageResource.resx file with the images that I use. Every Form in this project can access this file from the designer. But I can see in the…
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Visual Studio 2013 Search Solution Explorer fails to find files

So, I was using Visual Studio 2013, it crashed, and when I restarted it the Search Solution Explorer had stopped functioning correctly: It fails to find any file if you type in the exact file name It fails to find any static files e.g. HTML, CSS,…
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Attach a keyboard shortcut to 'Collapse All' items in solution explorer with Visual Studio 2012

Like I said in the title of this question, is it possible to attach a keyboard shortcut to collapse all items in the solution explorer with Visual Studio 2012? In previous version; 2010, I was able to create a macro to enable this feature but in…
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Visual Studio Solution Explorer not showing files and folders

Suddenly my solution tab stopped working on my Visual Studio 2013. Even it is existing project or brand new project it does not show files and folders in Solution Explorer. (File is attached) I tried to reset settings, restarted PC but did not…
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Visual Studio "Search Solution Explorer" is disabled

In Visual Studio 2015, every now and then my "Search Solution Explorer" is disabled. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, and often restarting Visual Studio or loading a different project does not help. I don't see anyone else on the…
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Visual Studio not showing all Projects in solution

I'm not sure why, but Visual Studio is not showing all the projects in my solution. I need them to show so I can set as default project under solution explorer. I'm not seeing a fix for this issue in a general internet search. The closest I see…
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Visual Studio 2010: How Can I remap F2 to Rename File rather than Open Object Browser

In Visual Studio 2010 Solution Explorer tree view, how can I remap the F2 key to Rename the Selected File rather than open Object Browser?
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