For Visual Studio 2012 and later, this setting has moved to the “Tabs and Windows” section.
Updated directions are:
- Click on the “Tools” menu, and select “Options”.
- Under the “Environment” heading in the listbox on the left, click on the “Tabs and Windows” item.
- Check the box labelled “Insert new tabs to the right of existing tabs”. This should be the first checkbox in the panel, in the “Tab Well” section.