One difference between the Class View and the Object Browser is the way to create “custom component sets” in Object Browser speak. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/31/did-you-know-you-can-create-folders-to-organize...

Pressing Ctrl+Shift+C in the General Development Settings will open the Class View. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/30/did-you-know-you-can-press-ctrlshiftc-to-jump-to-the-class-view-346/

According to some blog posts, this tip should save you some time using Visual Studio 2005. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/29/did-you-know-you-can-launch-vs-without-the-splash-screen-nosplash-and-maybe-even-save-some-time-345...

And some more pictures… In the slides preceding Monday’s keynote, my name was shown for the book signing. It was quite moving to see my name in front of 6,000 people. The book signing   And some CodePlex supporters visiting the booth. Below is Tracy...

The best tips come from customer questions that I can actually answer. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/28/did-you-know-how-to-deal-with-sometimes-single-monitor-sometimes-multi-monitor-displays-resetsettings-switch-344/

This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/28/pdc-day-0-pictures/

Alongside project templates, you can create item templates within the same File - Export Template wizard. I won’t spend too much time here as much of this information is repeat from how project templates work. This blog post has moved to http...

All the tips thus far have been for project templates created by you or someone else. Let’s say you want to make a modification to an installed template, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/24/did-you-know-how-to-change-the...

Although I find it interesting that it is referred to as a generic explorer window. Are there other types of explorer windows that you can use to override Windows Explorer, like different desktop utilities? This blog post has moved to http://saraford...

On the File – Export Template Wizard, there’s the option to Automatically import the template into Visual Studio. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/22/did-you-know-how-to-import-your-project-template-if-you-chosen...

On page 2 of the File – Export Template wizard, you can specify several options. The first of these is how to set the icon. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/21/did-you-know-you-can-specify-the-project-icon-for-your-template...

This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/20/ive-been-deep-fried-on-deep-fried-bytes-podcast-on-book-and-codeplex-agile-development/

In yesterday’s example, the default puts the project template in the root folder for that language. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/20/did-you-know-you-can-specify-which-new-project-dialog-language-sub-node-to-show-a-project...

Let’s say that you want to share your newly created project template with your team. Tell them to go to Tools – Options – Projects And Solutions - General This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/17/did-you-know-how...

Starting in Visual Studio 2005, you can create your own custom project templates to appear alongside the VS-installed project templates. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/16/did-you-know-you-can-create-project-templates-336/

I just got the first two copies hot of the press , a phrase I’ve never used in its original context before This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/15/me-my-editor-and-my-book-and-book-signing-at-pdc-monday-oct-27-from-12-1230...

On the File menu, under New, there’s the Project From Existing Code command. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/15/did-you-know-you-can-create-a-new-project-from-existing-code-335/

For the same reason it merits its own command in the Solution Explorer context menu, it merits its own This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/14/did-you-know-you-can-view-the-build-order-for-the-solution-334/

For managed projects, you can control their build order via the IDE. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/13/did-you-know-how-to-change-the-build-order-for-your-solution-333/

This tip originates from the MSBuild team as a way to edit your MSBuild project file within the IDE to customize your build. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/10/did-you-know-how-to-edit-a-csproj-or-vbproj-project-file-within...

Warning: To enable this tip, you’ll need to modify your registry settings. Follow the instructions below at your own risk. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/09/did-you-know-you-can-keep-recently-used-files-from-falling-off...

And after 7 years, I’m still learning something new about the New Project Dialog. I have to have seen this one before, but I must have forgotten all about it. I guess I see the New Project Dialog much more often when I do not have a solution open...

My 2 talks, plus my 20 Visual Studio Tips in 7 minutes micro-talk, are available at This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/07/remix-sessions-codeplex-visual-studio-tips-now-available-online/

Under Tools – Options – Projects and Solutions – Build and Run , there’s the This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/07/did-you-know-you-can-configure-the-msbuild-verbosity-in-the-output-window-329/

Finally, at long last, the Save Waveland Scholarship Fund was announced today at the local college. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/06/scholarship-officially-announced-at-miss-gulf-coast-community-college/