Author Archives: Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander automates SQL Server Management Studio 21 RTM

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in Visual Studio and SSMS. SSMS 21 RTM allows to install extensions in .vsix format and Visual Commander v3.5.0 supports it: After the installation, in the main SSMS … Continue reading →

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Customizing unreachable code fading in Visual Studio with Visual Commander

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

Starting with Visual Studio 2022 v17.12, unreachable/unused code is faded out: I personally find it getting in the way when writing new methods. Unfortunately, there is no options in VS to turn it off or adjust the effect. See also … Continue reading →

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KCommands v2.2 enhances search in the current document

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

The free KCommands extension for Visual Studio provides a command line to quickly find and replace text without taking your hands off the keyboard. v2.2 adds support for the new search and replace VS API in the current document and … Continue reading →

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Automate SQL Server Management Studio 21 with Visual Commander

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in Visual Studio and SSMS. You can install Visual Commander in SQL Server Management Studio 21 Preview unzipping the latest Visual Commander installer to the SSMS IDE extensions … Continue reading →

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Shell crash in VSFileHandler.dll

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

1. Install Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) – Preview Version 17.11.0 Preview 2.0. 2. Create an empty (0 bytes) file 1.sln. 3. Open 1.sln location in Windows 10 File Explorer. 4. File Explorer crashes and restarts. Faulting module name: … Continue reading →

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How to Colour Code Tabs by Regex in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Sergey Vlasov

Richard Moore recorded a video demonstration of the new Visual Studio 2022 v17.5 tab colouring feature, also shows how tabs can be coloured using Tabs Studio:

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Task Canvas v3 reduces tab switching in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

The Task Canvas extension lets you work with multiple code fragments in one Visual Studio window. v3.0.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2022: Download the installer.

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Installing a Visual Studio extension for a RootSuffix

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

Each Visual Studio instance started with the RootSuffix parameter keeps its own set of extensions. If a Visual Studio extension is available from the Visual Studio Marketplace, you can just install it from the standard Manage Extensions dialog. But if … Continue reading →

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When you don’t limit INetCache size

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

Investigated why daily Visual Studio 2019 update hangs on my machine and found this: I’ve never seen 52 million files in one folder before. Check yours c:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE (requires admin rights).

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KCommands v2 adds Vim like commands to quickly find and replace text in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

The free KCommands extension for Visual Studio provides a command line to quickly find and replace text without taking your hands off the keyboard: v2.0.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2022. Download the installer.

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