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  • VS2010 Tips #12: Patch for Cut/Copy “insufficient memory” issue in Visual Studio 2010

    Visual Studio 2010 RTM has a bug in calculating available memory when developer try and do Cut or Copy text operations. "Insufficient available memory to meet the expected demands of an operation at this time, possibly due to virtual address space fragmentation. Please try again later." A patch available now for it that you can…

  • Where the heck is Visual Studio Command Prompt?

    You got answer on MSDN forums telling you to run devenv /ResetSettings in Visual Studio 2008 command prompt but after searching you computer you can’t find it. Where the heck is it? Look at below picture, you will be able to find it easily. If it doesn’t help, Visual Studio 2005 Start Menu -> All…

  • How to fix Umbraco Contour error after upgrade from Umbraco 4.0.3 to 4.0.4.2

    Today I realized that upgrading from Umbraco 4.0.3 to Umbraco 4.0.4.2 caused the Umbraco Contour to not able to create a new Form. It throws an error every time I tried to create a new Form. Here is the fix of it. Open /umbraco/config/create/UI.xml and add the following codes:

  • How to clean up Microsoft File Transfer Manager queue

    If you’re an MSDN subscriber, the Microsoft File Transfer Manager is your main downloader tool. Unfortunately sometime the download item get stuck in the queue and cannot be removed. The solution is simple.  Just clean up the following folder’s content and restart the File Transfer Manager program. Windows 7 & Vista C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\File Transfer Manager\RequestQueue Windows…

  • VS2010 Tips #11: Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools extension

    Visual Studio team has released Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools extension. This is a great extension to increase your productivity and bring back some Visual Studio 2008 feature such as close button in the tab well. Here is the description I copied from the extension page. Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools A set…

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