Following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/visualstudio/ide/reference/how-to-manage-word-wrap-in-the-editor When viewing a document: Edit / Advanced / Word Wrap (Ctrl+E, Ctrl+W) General settings: Tools / Options / Text Editor / All Languages / Word wrap Or search for ‘word wrap’ in the Quick Launch box. Known issues: If you’re familiar with word wrap in Notepad++, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code, be … Read more
The configuration file is called applicationhost.config. It’s stored here: My Documents > IIS Express > config usually, but not always, one of these paths will work %userprofile%\documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config %userprofile%\my documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config Update for VS2019 If you’re using Visual Studio 2019+ check this path: $(solutionDir)\.vs\{projectName}\config\applicationhost.config Update for VS2015 (credit: @Talon) If you’re using Visual Studio 2015-2017 check this … Read more
In Visual Studio, go to the Tools menu, select Options, expand Source Control, (In a TFS environment, click Visual Studio Team Foundation Server), and click on the Configure User Tools button. Click the Add button. Enter/select the following options for Compare: Extension: .* Operation: Compare Command: C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 3\BComp.exe (replace with the proper path … Read more
This depends on the shell you prefer to use. If you are using the cmd shell on Windows then the following should work: FOR /F “tokens=*” %%G IN (‘DIR /B /AD /S bin’) DO RMDIR /S /Q “%%G” FOR /F “tokens=*” %%G IN (‘DIR /B /AD /S obj’) DO RMDIR /S /Q “%%G” If you … Read more
Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and higher & Visual Studio 2019 changed things again. Disabling the following checkboxes will allow you to keep the browser open (doesn’t close after stop debugging) and opens another tab (instead of another window): Tools > Options > Debugging > General Disable “Enable JavaScript debugging for ASP.NET (Chrome, Edge and … Read more
In Visual Studio 2022 Ctrl + E, V In Visual Studio 2019 Ctrl + D In Visual Studio 2017 (v15.6 and after) Ctrl + D In Visual Studio 2017 (pre v15.6) (edit) This feature is now built-in in VS2017: Ctrl + E, V duplicates a line if nothing is selected, or duplicates selection. You can … Read more
Manually edit .sln file This method is entirely aimed at renaming the directory for the project, as viewed in Windows Explorer. This method does not suffer from the problems in the Remove/add project file method below (references disappearing), but it can result in problems if your project is under source control (see notes below). This … Read more
You can invoke devenv.exe /diff list1.txt list2.txt from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt or, if a Visual Studio instance is already running, you can type Tools.DiffFiles in the Command window, with a handy file name completion:
All C++ compilers have one serious performance problem to deal with. Compiling C++ code is a long, slow process. Compiling headers included on top of C++ files is a very long, slow process. Compiling the huge header structures that form part of Windows API and other large API libraries is a very, very long, slow … Read more
Menu Tools → Options → Package Manager Give a name and folder location. Click OK. Drop your NuGet package files in that folder. Go to your Project in Solution Explorer, right click and select “Manage NuGet Packages”. Select your new package source. Here is the documentation.