Tag: Tips & Tricks
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VS2010 Tips #15: Disable IntelliTrace for better debugging performance (VS2010 Ultimate Only)
I recently upgrading ASP.NET MVC 2 solution from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 (Ultimate Edition). I found that debugging was very slow. Depending on project size, it took around 30 seconds to initialize and another 5 seconds on each page request in my experience. I tried disabling IntelliTrace (what is IntelliTrace?) and voila!…
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VS2010 Tips #14: How change the default browser used in debugging ASP.NET MVC 2 application
Changing default browser used in debugging ASP.NET MVC 2 is a bit tricky in Visual Studio 2010. To use ScottGu’s steps, you will need to add new ASPX page first. But unfortunately if you delete the page then close the application, anytime you rerun the application then the change you did will lost (it backs…
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VS2010 Tips #13: How to do multi-targeting in Visual Studio 2010 Express edition
In my previous blog post I wrote that the requirement to enable multi-targeting feature in Visual Studio 2010 is .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed in the machine. But why does it not enable the Target Framework dropdown in File -> New -> Project / Web Site dialog of Visual Studio 2010 Express edition? Is multi-targeting…
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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…
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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…