Using Chirpy in VS2012?

Question

I'm trying to set Chirpy up - we are moving from MS Visual Studio 2010 to 2012. I know that it should end up in the Addins folder, but I do not see it listed under tools -> addins. Any thoughts?

We're using an older version (for Github, no one wants to upgrade so that we don't have Git issues) - so it may not be as simple as this.

Thanks!

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:20

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You have to edit the file C:\Users{USER}\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Addins\Zippy.Addin

Change the 10.0 to 11.0, after that it should work fine.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:20

Filipe Albuquerque

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Edit the file, change the version, and then when you open up the Add In manager in VS2012 it will show up and you can enable it. – Mark Bath Jun 28 '13 at 07:11
`Documents` should be `My Documents`. Can't edit less than 6 characters apparently. – sennett Oct 18 '13 at 01:30
It's worth noting that there are two places where you need to edit. Editing just the first didn't work for me. – PrimitiveType Dec 19 '13 at 15:47

Bart Schouten · Answer 2 · 2015-02-06T11:34:06.707

There are two places where you should edit:

    <HostApplication>
        <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
        <Version>XX.0</Version>
    </HostApplication>
    <HostApplication>
        <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
        <Version>XX.0</Version>
    </HostApplication>

Change the XX.0:

If you have VS2012 then put in: 11.0 If you have VS2013 then put in: 12.0

Restart VS en the add-in will be there ;)

Using Chirpy in VS2012?

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