visual-studio-extensions

One of the extensions listed in Visual Studio (2012 for me) is the "Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows 8.1". I like to uninstall extensions I don't need, but this one won't allow me. if I hover the (enabled!) button it says in a tooltip: This product cannot be uninstalled via extensions and updates It looks like this: On second inspection I see a similar (more helpful) message bottom right: You need to use the Programs and Features pane in the Windows Control Panel to remove this extension. Easy enough, no? But it's not there! Or: In addition to the instructions on screen I also searched.

I am currently experimenting with Roslyn and Code Actions, more specific Code Refactorings. It feels kind of easy, but I have a difficulty I cannot solve. Code actions are executed once against a dummy workspace as a "preview" option, so that you can see the actual changes before you click the action and execute it against the real workspace. Now I am dealing with some things Roslyn can't really do (yet), so I am doing some changes via EnvDTE . I know, it's bad, but I couldn't find another way. So the issue here is: When I hover over my code action, the code gets executed as preview, and it

I use Visual Studio 2013, and it have a pretty feature to notify and install all extension updates. So, this is very good, but I receive sometimes the request to install the updates for the features I never use. By example, it proposes me to install the update for the Visual F# 3.1 Is there a way to completely remove this F#? I tried to uninstall from the extensions manager, it sends me to the "Add & Remove Programs", but there is any program containing "F#". How to proceed? You can uninstall it with the following command from an PowerShell prompt that has admin rights: gwmi Win32_Product

How can I add a sub menu for the Add menu item when right click on a visual studio solution explorer? I have to add a single sub menu item which will be displayed n right clicking the visual studio solution and move to the Add option in that menu. I am trying using .vsct (vs package). Please help me with valuable suggestions Matze Of course, there are similiar questions, but this seems to be a special case... In general, you need to know the menu´s command- and package id that you want to extend. I usually do this by enabling the EnableVSIPLogging option in the registry as described by this

I'm creating my own IntelliSense Presenter, since Visual Studio2012 support change theme, so I want my background color of the presenter can be auto-changed when the theme been changed. Is there a way to track the theme changes event, or get the current color theme of the Visual Studio? Yes, this is possible. I had to solve a similiar issue with one of my extensions... The current theme is stored in the Windows Registry; so I implemented the following utility class. public enum VsTheme { Unknown = 0, Light, Dark, Blue } public class ThemeUtil { private static readonly IDictionary<string,

Im looking to write a visual studio addin that can intercept the default online help command and grab the MSDN library URL when F1 help is called on a class or type. For example say I place my cursor on the keyword string and press F1 it usually automatically opens the browser and navigates to the help documentation for the string reference type. I want to grab the URL passed to the browser before it reaches the browser. Is it possible to write a visual studio addin/extension that can intercept the default F1 help command ?? If the above can be done any pointers as to where to start? About 10

I have only recently paid any attention to the appearance of little green and blue rectangles on my vertical scroll bar in code editing windows in VS2010. Can anyone tell me what these are? I'm running with the Productivity Power Tools extension and ReSharper 6. From the productivity power tools extension page : Enhanced Scrollbar We’ve been looking into ways that we can improve the experience of navigating through code files. Our solution is the source map which has three modes that will allow you to more easily see the interesting artifacts in your files (edits, breakpoints, bookmarks,