It marks a Task List shortcut. You add them with Edit > Bookmarks > Add Task List Shortcut, [Ctrl+E,T] keystroke. That adds an entry to the task list, use View > Task List to display it. Select “Shortcuts” in the combobox. You’ll see a list of all the shortcuts you added. Double-click an entry to … Read more
There are two ways for the web.config transform files to be generated within VS: If you have a web application project, Right-click on web.config and choose Add Config Transform. This will add any config transforms that are missing from your project based on build configurations (i.e. if you have Production and Staging build configs, both … Read more
Visual Studio now supports “compile on save” for TypeScript files. I’m using Visual Studio 2013 Update 2, and I can turn this on in a Web Site project by going to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> TypeScript -> Project, and checking the box “Automatically compile TypeScript files which are not part of a … Read more
When I came accross this issue none of the provided answers solved this problem or if it did I didn’t like recreating the project. The way I ended up solving the issue: Clicking on the “Connect to Team Projects button” (The plug next to the home button in the Team Explorer tab) Right click the … Read more
For Visual Studio 2012 & InstallShield LE, do the following: Run through the InstallShield project assistant and add the primary output of your service to the Application files section. After you are done with the project assistant, double click the “Files” item under step two of the setup project. Right click on the primary output … Read more
Welcome to Microsoft Marketing Speak hell. With the 2012 release of SQL Server, the BIDS, Business Intelligence Designer Studio, plugin for Visual Studio was renamed to SSDT, SQL Server Data Tools. SSDT is available for 2010 and 2012. The problem is, there are two different products called SSDT. There is SSDT which replaces the database … Read more
The simplest alternative to macros is creating add-ins. I know, I know, I wasn’t excited about it either, but it’s actually surprisingly easy. There are three simple parts to it: Create the macro project, stepping through a wizard UI. Write your code. Copy the macro’s .addin and .dll files to your Visual Studio Addins directory. … Read more
Found this on Google… I would assume that in your case you would copy rc.exe and rcdll.dll to visual studio 2012\vc\bin or wherever you have it installed: Part 2: FIX LINK : fatal error LNK1158: cannot run ‘rc.exe’ Add this to your PATH environment variables: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86 Copy these files: rc.exe rcdll.dll From … Read more
Visual Studio has multiple flags to reset various settings: /ResetUserData – (AFAICT) Removes all user settings and makes you set them again. This will get you the initial prompt for settings again, clear your recent project history, etc. /ResetSettings – Restores the IDE’s default settings, optionally resets to the specified VSSettings file. /ResetSkipPkgs – Clears … Read more