Yes, I hate it and was going to ask the same question, but I have figured it out. You must have ProductivityPowerTools installed too. Go to Tools->Options->Productivity Power Tools->Other Extensions and there is an option group called Structure visualizer options. In there is a checkbox for Show code structure in editor. Turn this off, and … Read more
Answer that worked here. They recommend checking the installer file name. It needs to be the original name oddly enough for the setup to work.
If the loading is taking a long time, Alt+Tab to find a login page hidden underneath the “We’re getting things ready” window. Enter your Microsoft account credentials. This answer was originally posted by Alex K in a comment.
Right click the projects you are interested in working on and click on ‘Scope to this’. This will hide everything (Including the scripts folder) except those projects you selected.
Had this same problem. Processor constantly at 45-50% even when the IDE is completely idle. Turns out the problem is the Microsoft Git Source Code provider. I turned that off and processor dropped to 0 and the IDE became much more usable.
In the menu, go to: Visual Studio 2017: Tools > Extensions And Updates Visual Studio 2019: Extensions > Manage Extensions A new window will pop up, then in the panel to the left, click the arrow besides Installed to bring it down and select the menu item All. All you have to do now is … Read more
Update 2013-12-02: WiX Toolset 3.8 is released with official support for Visual Studio 2013 editions. It is available for download from wixtoolset.org. You can manually enable Visual Studio 2013 compatibility with older versions of WiX: Copy C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\WiX to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\WiX Modify C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio … Read more
For me (VS 2013 update 4) the solution was to disable Browser Link as specified here: https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/T102322 The CPU slowed down right away from 25 % to 1 %.
In pre 2017 Visual Studio: Tools→Options→Productivity Power Tools→Other Extensions→Control click shows definitions in Peek Adam Garner pointed out that in Visual Studio 2017, the location is: Tools→Options→Text Editor→General→Enable mouse click to perform Go to Definition
It’s been moved to the ‘Project’ menu towards the bottom after selecting the project or folder: Sources: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/806246/visual-studio-2013-web-forms-conver-to-web-applications