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Visual Studio: Find unused code? – Stack Overflow
Interesting answers to Visual Studio: Find unused code? – Stack Overflow. Using Visual Studio 2008+ to remove unused using statements Using the [Obsolete] attribute of code you suspect is not used....
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IlMerge is on NuGet.
IlMerge is a great way to merge multiple .NET assemblies into one, and I use it most often to combine assemblies with console applications so I end up with one executable.. However getting the latest...
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Developer Assistant for Visual Studio with access to millions of code...
I’m going to experiment with this. Most likely the quality of the code samples will be the biggest factor in like/dislike result. Visual Studio – Google+. –jeroenFiled under: .NET, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5,...
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Find an installed tf.exe, then run it with the command-line parameters...
Often I want to execute a TF.exe from the console, but don’t have the Visual Studio environment variables setup. Most of the times I want to run TF.exe from the most current Visual Studio installation,...
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Finding the path of xsd.exe from your Visual Studio Build Events
I wrote about the xsd.exe tool before to generate XSD from XML: Generate XSD from XML – XSD.EXE versus on-line tools – take 2. Generate XSD from XML – XSD.EXE versus on-line tools. But it is much more...
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Allow tests to be grouped by class, category, and namespace in Test Explorer...
Usually I setup the grouping and filtering of the Test Explorer like this: Filter by Outcome:"Failed". Group by Classes. I really wish there was a multi-level grouping possibility here (: –jeroen via:...
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Batch file: Finds the location of xsd.exe by running the vsvars32.bat of the...
Boy, Microsoft made it hard to find the location of xsd.exe! It is actually located like here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\xsd.exe But that is nowhere on...
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Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010: ContextSwitchDeadlock was detected Message (via...
Like Keith Barrows, each time I see a message like below, I’m reminded that I forgot to change my Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 to disable these kinds of MDA messages: ContextSwitchDeadlock was detected...
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Quick Access Extension (Visual Studio equivalent of RAD Studio IDE Insight)
It is good to see the cross breeding effect works: Last week, the Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools added Quick Access Extension, which is the Visual Studio equivalent of the Delphi RAD...
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If Your Visual Studio 2005 Solutions Open Slowly, Check WebsiteCache | Thomas...
If you use Visual Studio 2005 for some old projects that have not yet been converted, and they open very slowly: read this post on If Your Visual Studio Solutions Open Slowly Check WebsiteCache by...
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Supporting Office 2003 from .NET: getting the Office 2003 Primary Interop...
Often you work with projects not having the latest stuff. Sometimes that is a good thing: latest stuff is not always best :-) In this case, the client had Office 2003, and needed to do some Excel...
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Why does Recording the TemporaryMacro sometimes fail in Visual Studio 2010?...
Every now and then, while recording a TemporaryMacro in Visual Studio 2010, I get this error message: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- No TemporaryMacro...
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Visual Studio 2010 Ux #fail: finding the Macro Recorder and Context Menus...
When you want to enable (or disable) a toolbar in Visual Studio 2010, there are three options to go, of which the last two are equivalent: Right click in the toolbar area to get a Context Menu, then...
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Solution for “Why do I get a ‘LoaderLock’ Error when debugging my Managed...
I maintain some .NET code that still uses the MDX 1.1 (since MDX 2.0 got cancelled, and this project cannot be brought to XNA). Every now and then, you get a Loader Lock error. ZBfufer provides the...
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How to clear the “ErrorList” window before compiling
It seems that all versions of Visual Studio suffer from this behaviour: Visual Studio (VS) doesn’t always clear the “Error List” window of existing errors when you compile a different project but...
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Bootstrap and DVD ISO Download details: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service...
The Download details: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (Installer) initially lets you download a bootstrap installer that only downloads the Service Pack 1 parts you actually need. A bit...
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Visual Studio 2010 “Solution Explorer Tools” addin: Collapse all, Select...
When you have lots of projects in a solution, quickly the tree in the Solution Explorer gets a mess, especially if you have “Track Active Item in Solution Explorer” enabled. “Solution Explorer Tools”...
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SharePoint 2010 error: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with...
Somehow in a production environment I did get this error too: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID...
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Visual Studio 2010: you should run the Remote Debugging Monitor from a local...
Setting up remote debugging is always a precarious thing, no matter what kind of development platform: the online documentation tells you the standard steps, but usually they don’t suffice. This case...
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Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 – how can i check who has a specific file...
When you are using Team Foundation System (TFS) for version control, the project manager sometimes shows a file as being checked out by someone else, but it doesn’t show who that someone else is. The...
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