Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:11:21 GMT

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re: Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

Serge Wautier — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:24:58 GMT

Sara,

Can you think of a scenario where this would be useful?

What if I have several VS instances opened? Can I control which instance opens the file? Just curious.

re: Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

int19h — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:19:33 GMT

Isn't that precisely what it does when you open any file of type associated with Visual Studio in the Shell (Explorer, etc)?

For me at least, when I double-click a .cs or .cpp file, it seems to open it in a new tab in an existing VS window, if there is one. And it seems to pick the one I used last if there's more than one open.

re: Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

Pepe — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:10 GMT

How is this faster than drag&drop exactly :)

re: Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

VinceG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:22:49 GMT

I think its meant for opening non-VS files such as text files inside VS. I couldnt get it working on my right-click SendTo menu though. Has anyone any ideas on that.

re: Did you know… You can use devenv.exe /edit to open a file in an existing Visual Studio instance - #360

Dennis — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:58:00 GMT

To add to the send to menu, create a shortcut with the following target:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /edit

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /edit