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Version 10.0 of Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE), released in April 2010 to replace Visual Studio 2008.

Visual Studio 2010 is the succeeding version of Visual Studio 2008, with better capabilities and many more features released by Microsoft in April 2010. Visual Studio is the IDE for Windows to develop applications for Windows and Microsoft related platforms.

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How do I install a VSIX file in Visual Studio?

I just downloaded a VSIX file from the Visual Studio Gallery. How do I install it in Visual Studio?
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Backspace and arrow keys not working as expected

Most of the time Visual Studio seems to work fine. But occasionally, it gets into a funky editing state. I can still type, but I can't move the cursor with the arrow keys. The arrow keys instead seem to take the focus off the editing window. The…
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VS 2010 Security Warning When Opening My Own Projects

Whenever I try to open my own projects in VS 2010 Express, I get the following message: You should only open projects from a trustworthy source I can click OK on the message and open the solution, but I would prefer to not get warned every time…
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How can I remove items from the "Look in:" combo box in Visual Studio's "Find and Replace" dialog?

I have inadvertantly added some entries to the "Find and Replace" dialog in Visual Studio 2010. See picture below: I want to remove \r\n, Double, etc. How can I do this?
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How to fix left-aligned menu in Visual Studio 2010

For the last couple of days, this is what my menus have looked like in Visual Studio 2010: How do I restore right-aligned menu items without losing any of my settings?
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de-assign alt + right arrow

I'm trying to map View.NavigateBackward and View.NavigateBackward like so: View.NavigateBackward = Alt + LeftArrow View.NavigateForward = Alt + RightArrow Pretty simple to do in Visual Studio with the Keyboard Options dialog. OK so I've assigned…
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Visual Studio Performance problems when writing XAML

I've dealt with Visual Studio performing terrible for too long now. Now I'm past the point of being emotionally broken and need help. I can't figure out how to fix the issue of the Visual Studio XAML editor performing so badly. When I type a set…
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Visual Studio 2010 not compatible?

The Windows 8 upgrade setup says that Visual Studio 2010 would not be compatible, but that there is a solution available. What does 'not compatible' mean in this case? I had VS 2010 running in the preview version just fine. What will be the…
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Visual Studio colors mess up

Every once in a while, Visual Studio decides to mess up my colors. This is what happens: It should look like this: I'm not sure what is causing this, but I hope someone else has experienced this before and was able to fix it.
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Assign a shortcut for "Next tab" in Visual Studio

(Using Visual Studio 2010 Express) When you do CTRL+Tab on the editor of Visual Studio, it navigates to the next document window (the name of the shortcut is Window.NextDocumentWindowNav). Should you let CTRL key downed, it shows the navigation…
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Where can I find the file 'DotfuscatorCE_5.0.2500.msi'?

I'm trying to install the Service Pack 1 update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. However, it cannot locate the file DotfuscatorCE_5.0.2500.msi Does anyone know where I can find/download this file? Error message: The feature you are trying to use…
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How do I change the license key for an installed copy of Visual Studio 2010?

We have a number of Amazon EC2 instances with Visual Studio 2010 installed on them. The license we are using has a fixed number of seats, all of which are being utilized at the moment. I've created a new instance for an additional developer on our…
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Want Visual Studio 2010 stop using the drive when there's lots of RAM in Windows 7 64 bit

I will be upgrading my system to use 16GB of DDR3 RAM in a Windows 7 64 bit and Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. CPU will be 6 cores 3.2Ghz. I do lots of compiles/day and my goal for VS is to show a web page within seconds after making a change in the…
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Why does the control key get "stuck" when debugging in VS2010?

Sometimes the Ctrl key gets stuck somehow during debug sessions in Visual Studio 2010, and when I press Shift+F5 to stop debugging, it gets reset (Ctrl+Shift+F5). This gets very frustrating sometimes, especially when the solution builds a…
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Tab key not working in VS2010

After an upgrade to VS2010 from VS2008 for C# and Fortran development I have noticed some peculiar behavior. While editing source files (.cs, .for, .f90) my tab key does not insert a tab character, it won't indent code and it won't code complete. I…
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