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I am trying to open the source view of one large .aspx file in two separate windows/tabs in Visual Studio 2013. The "Window > New Window" option is greyed out for this file type.

I am able to do this with other file types including .cs, .css, .js, etc.

I have tried the suggestions in Open two instances of a file in single Visual Studio session including the registry edit and the custom keyboard shortcut without success. Is there a specific registry hack or some other solution for .aspx files?

Just to clarify, I am not looking to "split" the file. My end goal is to have two copies of the file open in different vertical tab groups.

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It is not supported for .aspx files. You can enable the New Window command setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0_Config\Languages\Language Services\HTML\Single Code Window Only=0, but opening the second window gives you a blank view.

Sergey Vlasov
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