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Products and Extensions for Visual Studio which help you get the most out of Visual Studio.

The Visual Studio Gallery provides quick access to tools, controls, and templates to help you get the most out of Visual Studio.

Microsoft also offers a tutorial, where you can gather basic informations on how to develop extensions yourself

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Does anyone know where to get the [Stack Overflow Search] Visual Studio extension?

On my client workstation, my installation of VS2012 came with a stack overflow integrated search bar that sits alongside the quick launch. It looks like this: The problem with this is that it is very cool, I want it added to my personal machine,…
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How can I match Visual Studio's theme when creating a VSIX tool window?

I am creating an extension for Visual Studio (2012+) that involves a tool window. I was hoping to style the window identically to match the current theme of Visual Studio. However, I am having a great deal of trouble figuring out how to do it. This…
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SettingsManager.GetWritableSettingsStore available for import/export in Visual Studio Extension?

I'm using the SettingsManager in my Visual Studio extension to store user settings. SettingsManager settingsManager = new ShellSettingsManager(ServiceProvider.GlobalProvider); var store =…
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Custom keyword coloring in Visual Studio 2010+

I'm trying to add custom coloring for only certain keywords in my Visual Studio editor for C# code. I want to be able to color any type that implements IDisposable as a different color. Ideally I'd like to create a simple list of…
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Visual Studio intercepting F1 help command

Im looking to write a visual studio addin that can intercept the default online help command and grab the MSDN library URL when F1 help is called on a class or type. For example say I place my cursor on the keyword string and press F1 it usually…
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How do I find out what Visual Studio extension is causing memory leaks?

My Visual Studio (2010 SP1) has a serious memory leak, and it seems to be caused by one or more of the installed extensions. I have tried to narrow it down by turning extensions and add-ons on and off, but it takes a while of work to build up a…
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Is there a way within Visual Studio to easily get qualified type names?

I'm looking for an extension/process for getting an object's assembly qualified type name within Visual Studio. I'm aware that you can write a quick console app to output this but find it to be a clumsy process. Ideally, I'd like the ability to…
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How to get terminal window inside Visual Studio 2017 / 2019?

I was just reading this article - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/visual-studio-2019-net-productivity-2/ and noticed in one of the GIF image, she is showing a terminal window inside VS editor itself. It looks like a fully fledged powershell…
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What is the best Visual Studio Plugin for Printing Code

Some of the features I think it must include are: Print Entire Solution Ability to print line numbers Proper choice of coding font and size to improve readability Nice Header Information Ability to print regions collapsed Couple feature…
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How to get project inside of Solution Folder in VSIX project

Hi I am having a problem, with a custom build task inside of a Visual Studio Extension. I need to identify projects of my custom project type. I can do this fine if they are on the root of the solution, but the problem occurs when it is inside of a…
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Create a Visual Studio Project Template that pulls NuGet references from online feed

I'm creating a Visual Studio Project Template and bundling it inside of a VS Extension. I need Projects created from the Template to reference ~20 NuGet packages. Is it possible to have the references resolved from nuget.org rather than having to…
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Create Visual Studio Theme Specific Syntax Highlighting

I would like to create a Syntax Highlighter in Visual Studio 2012 (and above) that supports different themes (Dark, Light, Blue). Visual Studio's Editor Classifier project template explains how to create your own colors in the environment using…
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Regular Expression to match folder name with Productivity Power Tools Color Coding

I would like to configure a RexEx to match any folder (parent or child) of a file path of any open file. So if any folder in the file path contains the name of the open file, the color coding of the tab is set based on the RegEx match. For…
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Multiple "Set StartUp Projects" Configurations

I have a big solution and for debugging purposes I have to start many Projects by using "Set StartUp Projects" Feature of Visual Studio 2012. However often I need to change what projects I need to start (Sometimes is Project A,B,C, sometimes Project…
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The custom tool 'RazorGenerator' failed. The method or operation is not implemented

I have just upgraded the Visual Studio extension RazorGenerator to V1.5 (Last updated 10/14/2012) and now have the following problems. Each cshtml file edited now removes the generated file, if I choose to 'Run Custom Tool' I get The custom tool…
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