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Did you know… How to change the build order for your solution? – #333 – Sara...
Boy I wish I had known this earlier. Like years ago… In the Solution Explorer: Right Click Project Project Build Oder. Use the dialog to change the build order It is next to the “Project Dependencies”...
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Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 ISO locations
Direct Microsoft download URLs for the various Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 ISO files. I won’t even try myself finding them through the Microsoft sites any more given the trouble I had: How can I get...
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How to overcome “Stuck while installing Visual Studio 2015 (Update for...
Visual Studio 2015 install stuck on “acquiring” KB2999226 I had exactly the same when installing Visual Studio 2015 on a Windows 7 x64 system: stuck on “Acquiring” the “Update for Microsoft Windows...
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On Windows 7, Visual Studio 2015 wanted Internet Explorer 10… here are the...
Boy, don’t you dislike how hard it is to find direct download links… Well, thanks to kenorb and jjlin (slightly edited): Check: IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, IE11 Offline Installers Download Links – kenorb...
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Some notes on tfpt.exe from Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server...
Some links. First tfpt: Old name: Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools. Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools extension. Using Tfpt Command Line Tool | ► Shai...
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Batch file to run the most recent vsvars32.bat
The below batch file finds and runs the latest vsvars32.bat on a system. vsvars32.bat initializes the path and other environment variables to run Visual Studio and command-line tools (like csc.exe,...
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csc.exe: prevent “does not contain a static ‘Main’ method suitable for an...
Every once in a while I do Command-line Building With csc.exe. When building libraries, it throws this error: The reason is that by default it wants to build a program. Change this default by adding...
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Push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too – Stack...
Just what I needed: Push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too – Stack Overflow But watch the comments to this answer: Answer: In recent versions of Git (1.7.0 and later), you...
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Visual Studio: In TFS how can I correct the links to work items on an...
This is still one of my gripes from Visual Studio: when a changeset is linked to an incorrect work item, you still have to change this from the work item side: You cannot change it from the changeset...
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instead of x86, msbuild is creating an x64 solution configuration via...
Sometimes msbuild will throw an error like this for an x86 project: "C:\Users\Developer\Versioned\libssh2\build\libssh2.sln" (default target) (1) -> (ValidateSolutionConfiguration target) ->...
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[CMake] choose 32bit or 64bit in visual studio
This might be obvious for CMake regulars, but given the help, I would never have guessed this. Generate x64: cmake .. -G"Visual Studio 14 Win64" Generate x86 is just leaving out the platform away:...
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Anyone having a solution for “Microsoft Visual Studio” throwing “The...
The operation could not be completed. Include In Project I’ve got a bunch of PowerShell projects in a solution. In some of them, I can include new files, in others I get the below error. The diff of a...
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Visual Studio Code – getting started – some links
It might sound like I’m late in the game, but remember that blog posts are usually scheduled like a year in advance. So I found out a long time ago (I think it’s Matthijs ter Woord who attended me)...
View ArticleVisual studio (2015) emulator for android not working – XDE.exe – Exit Code 3...
In cast I ever want to do Android work again in Visual Studio [WayBack] Visual studio (2015) emulator for android not working – XDE.exe – Exit Code 3 – Stack Overflow Getting the Android Emulator to...
View ArticleWhy do 90% of the Visual Studio Tools and Extensions make it so hard to update…
Worth repeating my [WayBack] Friday developers rant… Why do 90% of the Visual Studio Tools and Extensions make it so !@#$!@#$ hard to update.… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+: Why do 90% of the...
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Some useful Visual Studio Keyboard bindings – via my comment at “Allow for...
The thread at [WayBack]: Allow for floating windows · Issue #10121 · Microsoft/vscode · GitHub made me discover a few things, which I have commented there. Reminder to self: find the Windows keyboard...
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Visual Studio – Add File As Link
Since I forget where they hid the [WayBack] Visual Studio – Add File As Link feature, two images from the linked post: The icon in the link is different from the normal file: Adding as a link is not a...
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Pretty printing HTML is the same as formatting code: How do you format code...
I was looking for a HTML pretty printer (…) but in Visual Studio code, that is called code formatting, which supports many languages out of the box (including HTML) without requiring extensions like...
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.net – How to generate service reference with only physical wsdl file – Stack...
Since I always forget that you can add a service reference by hand-pasting the full path to a local WSDL file, then hit Go: [WayBack] .net – How to generate service reference with only physical wsdl...
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When Google Search returns one link twice in the results, thinking it was...
I laughed when https://www.google.com/#q=visual%20studio%20code%20indent%20settings%20per%20file%20type got me the first link twice (see below screenshot). But I was glad that that link to [WayBack]...
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Creating a full off-line installation directory for Visual Studio 2017 Community
Steps: mkdir C:\Installs\VS2017Community\VS2017CommunityLayout pushd C:\Installs\VS2017Community bitsadmin.exe /transfer "VS2017CommunityBootstrap" https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_community.exe...
View Articlefrom a WSDL import: empty “Reference.cs”– Google Search
A search for empty “Reference.cs” – Google Search seems to indicate this happens with referenced types that – despite turning off that option – from the Visual Studio 2017 IDE sometimes results in an...
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Draft – .NET Glossary Diagram – Scott Hanselman
By now this should be out of [WayBack] Draft – .NET Glossary Diagram – Scott Hanselman: a list of common terms to describe various parts of the .NET ecosystem. He has a nice list of sentences where...
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No, Visual Studio Community 2017 is not a 30 day trial – via Stack Overflow
Visual Studio Community 2017 needs a license renewal every ~30 days with a Microsoft account: [WayBack] Visual Studio Community 2017 is a 30 day trial? – Stack Overflow. This means it is not a trial,...
View ArticleVisual Studio direct download links
For my link archive: All downloads: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Direct Windows download: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/?dv=win64user or https://aka.ms/win32-x64-user-stable Direct macOS...
View ArticleMicrosoft Visual Studio – Wikipedia
Like there was never an Office 13.0, there was no Visual Studio 13.0: see the below table from Microsoft Visual Studio – Wikipedia: History This influences tooling that searches for specific versions...
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Visual Studio: show whitespace and configure spaces instead of tabs
As I always forgets this and fresh Visual Studio installations favour tabs over spaces, here is how to get it into sane mode: show whitespace: [WayBack] Jeff Widmer’s Blog – How to show white space in...
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Mads Kristensen on Twitter: “Visual Studio Tip: A blue dot in the margin...
[WayBack] Mads Kristensen on Twitter: “Visual Studio Tip: A blue dot in the margin indicates a switch of threads while stepping through debugging. #vstip… “ –jeroen Visual Studio Tip: A blue dot in the...
View Articlevisual studio code – Does the “editorWhitespace.foreground”...
[WayBack] visual studio code – Does the “editorWhitespace.foreground” workbench.colorCustomizations setting in VSCode actually work? – Stack Overflow Yes, it does. But after reading [WayBack]...
View ArticleUse the Visual Studio Code mssql extension for SQL Server | Microsoft Docs
Since I really want to switch most of my SSMS usage to a tool being less resource intensive, as a truckload of my work is just running scripts, not browsing through data: [WayBack] Use the Visual...
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NuGet: migrate from packages.config to PackageReference with 3 clicks
Since I often forget to cleanup some bits of a migration: [WayBack] Migrate to PackageReference with 3 clicks: Related: [WayBack] Migrating NuGet Packages.config to PackageReference in Visual Studio...
View Articleemulation – How to safely remove/uninstall Android Virtual Device .img files...
Me at [WayBack] emulation – How to safely remove/uninstall Android Virtual Device .img files added by Visual Studio Emulator for Android – Stack Overflow: Since after uninstalling the “Visual Studio...
View ArticleHow to Integrate ILMerge into Visual Studio Build Process to Merge...
On my research list for Visual Studio 2017 and up: [WayBack] How to Integrate ILMerge into Visual Studio Build Process to Merge Assemblies? – Stack Overflow –jeroen
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MacOS: starting Visual Studio Code from the finder
On MacOS, a long standing wish from many developers has been to open a folder with Visual Studio Code: [WayBack] Mac OS X :: “Open Folder With” VS Code · Issue #1223 · Microsoft/vscode · GitHub. There...
View ArticleVersion Control in Visual Studio Code: view Git output window
Since the Git output by default is not shown, here is how to enable it: [WayBack] Version Control in Visual Studio Code: Git output window You can always peek under the hood to see the Git commands we...
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Reminder: try to get vscode-restructuredtext to fully work – reStructuredText...
I love Visual Studio Code, but my initial tries to get [WayBack] GitHub – vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext: reStructuredText Language Support in Visual Studio Code to work partially...
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Need to look at monospaced programmers fonts again
At the time of looking, FiraCode would not work in Delphi but would in Visual Studio. Reminder for me to look at it again: [WayBack] GitHub – tonsky/FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming...
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Running Visual Studio Code on macOS from the terminal
For running Visual Studio Code from the terminal, you need to do a few extra steps as from Running Visual Studio Code on macOS: Get Visual Studio Code up and running on Mac (macOS): Launching from the...
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PlantUML – Visual Studio Marketplace
This and built-in markdown support made the switch to Visual Studio code from Atom.io so much easier: [WayBack] PlantUML – Visual Studio Marketplace. Atom.io was already on my list of tools to say good...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code on Mac and Linux can also use the mssql extension
Cool, this works in a Mac and Linux too: mssql extension for VS Code. Links: https://aka.ms/mssql-marketplace https://aka.ms/mssql-getting-started [WayBack] Use the Visual Studio Code mssql extension...
View ArticleEditors (including visual studio code – VSCode): insert tab character...
Sometimes you are in search of a real TAB character, as most editors (except a few like the ones for Golang) I bump into are space-based. A great answer at [WayBack] visual studio code – VSCode insert...
View ArticleVS2017 Community .vsconfig file – Visual Studio Community workload and...
When I need to find out what components match my below installed .vsconfig component IDs for Visual Studio 2017 community edition, I can find them in: [WayBack] Visual Studio Community workload and...
View Articlemsbuild build events can inherit, but not add in addition to inherited build...
Bummer: I tried to inherit the build events from a base configuration, then add some extra steps for some of the inheriting configurations. Those configurations just executed the extra steps, not the...
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Getting the path of an XML node in your code editor
A few links for my link archive, as I often edit XML files (usually with different extensions than .xml, because historic choices that software development vendors make, which makes it way harder to...
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Solved: ‘Answering Yes to “You have an older version of PackageManagement...
From a while back: [Archive.is] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: ‘Answering Yes to “You have an older version of PackageManagement known to cause issues with the PowerShell extension. Would you like...
View ArticleHow can you export the Visual Studio Code extension list? (via: Stack Overflow)
Adapted from [Archive.is] How can you export the Visual Studio Code extension list? – Stack Overflow, presuming that code is on the PATH: From the command-line interface on MacOS, Linux, BSD or on...
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A short review of a few Visual Studio Code preview extensions
A very short review: [Wayback] Preview – Visual Studio Marketplace Pro: supports many formats (Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade, Pug, Image, CSS, Mermaid) Con: preview is not live (Markdown...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code: blazingly fast text expansion with Emmet
I come from a background of Delphi, Visual Studio and Notepad++ editors that historically have expanded their functionality over decades of releases. When switching much of my development to Visual...
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Select matching element/rename HTML tag in Visual Studio Code – Stack Overflow
I totally missed that in 2019, the F2 key was enabled to rename HTML tags, but it does: [Wayback/Archive.is] Select matching element/rename HTML tag in Visual Studio Code – Stack Overflow: V1.41 is...
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Troubleshoot black screen or blank screen errors
Via Jan Gentleman, I learned about the Ctrl+⇧ Shift+⊞ Win+B shortcut on Windows 10 and 11 that restarts starts video driver that documentation is in [Wayback/Archive] Troubleshoot black screen or blank...
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