PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2012?

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I see that PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010 supports visual studio 2012, but it was last updated in Aug 2010. Is there a new "PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2012" or is there a viable replacement?

Installing this reminds me how much I miss discernible icons..( — Mark Sowul, Nov 29 '12 at 03:33

Bob Horn · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-22T14:13:41.323

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You don't need a replacement. If you install the Power Commands again, from within VS 2012 (Tools -> Extensions and Updates), it will be applied to VS 2012.

From here:

Just reinstall, even if you already have it for VS2010. The reinstall will then apply it to VS 11

I just did it, and it worked perfectly.

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Productivity Power Tools

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 Power Tools

For Visual Studio 2013, it looks like Power Commands is now part of Power Productivity Tools.

edited Jan 22 '14 at 14:13

answered Aug 28 '12 at 14:05

Bob Horn

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Indeed, it does. I've had it on VS2012 for a little bit now. – Andrew Barber Aug 28 '12 at 14:07
The one I'm having a hard time finding is Productivity Power Tools. I like to align assignments, and I'm having a had time finding that for VS 2012. – Bob Horn Aug 28 '12 at 14:10

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '12 at 06:05

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I ended up using VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012. This tool provided all I needed from PowerCommands and more.

answered Sep 11 '12 at 06:05

Francois Nel

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '12 at 21:15

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Most of what was in the Productivity Power Tools are now part of VS 2012. There are a few items missing, afaik, what are you looking for in particular ?

answered Aug 31 '12 at 21:15

Terje Sandstrøm

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I'm looking for the feature of vertical tabs at the left side and the enhanced scrollbar. – Konrad Sep 10 '12 at 14:40
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what are the features that are now part of VS 2012? I like the feature that allow you to open a file (in the solution explorer) in the directory it resides. Also, the feature that allows you to collapse all nodes in the solution explorer. I found [VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012](http://bit.ly/PYmtXa) that gave me the same and more. – Francois Nel Sep 11 '12 at 06:10
@FrancoisNel Collapse all nodes is in 2012 I believe – jamiebarrow Sep 20 '12 at 14:46

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 08 '13 at 10:33

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As mentioned on the Productivity Power Tools 2012 page, the Power Commands were added to that addon.

answered Aug 08 '13 at 10:33

Jean Hominal

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 18 '13 at 21:06

Download the VS2010/2012 version from the VS Gallery.

Unzip the .vsix to a folder (i.e. using the great 7zip), it's just a zip file.

Edit the extension.vsixmanifest file and add this element after the 11.0 one:

  <VisualStudio Version="12.0">
    <Edition>Pro</Edition>
  </VisualStudio>

Repeat for every future version of VS that comes out ;)

Now re-zip the contents (files, not the root folder, so that the extension.vsixmanifest is at the root of the zip file, not within a folder), rename the zip file to .vsix, and double-click to install to all your newly supported editions.

Enjoy!

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