http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/11/27/launching-external-tools-from-inside-visual-studio-jonathan-aneja.aspxVisual Studio has a small but extremely useful feature that allows you to hook external tools directly into the IDE’s Tools menu. All you have to do is click Tools-&gt;External Tools… and then you can add your own custom menu items that will launch aen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/11/27/launching-external-tools-from-inside-visual-studio-jonathan-aneja.aspx#6569811Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:05:55 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6569811MSDN Blog Postings » Launching External Tools from inside Visual Studio (Jonathan Aneja)<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/11/28/launching-external-tools-from-inside-visual-studio-jonathan-aneja/">http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/11/28/launching-external-tools-from-inside-visual-studio-jonathan-aneja/</a></p>