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I downloaded the free version of Visual Studio 2015. It is called Visual Studio Community 2015. It is said that it is the full version. But I don't see macros. So I tried installing an extension from https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/8e2103b6-87cf-4fef-9410-a580c434b602.

That says it is "Text Macros for Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015" so it should work on 2015. But it doesn't.

I'm wondering if Visual Studio Community 2015 is more like Express in that is not full featured.

So I tried Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 thinking it would give me a free license (since I'm just an individual). But even though it says it installed a license, it still says it will expire in 90 days.

  1. Does anyone know how to use Macros in Visual Studio Community 2015
  2. Does anyone know how to get a full version of VS2015 with a free license (which so many people claim is possible)?
Laurel
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They are now available in VS 2013 and 2015 but you need to add the Microsoft Macros add-in. I'm still playing with it. But you do get the macros explorer and can record and replay. I'm still having trouble assigning a keyboard shortcut beyond the standard 9 shortcuts they give you. But macros are there, thank goodness.

I've been using VS Community since 2013 and never had any license required. Hope that helps.

Dan G.
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If you're a student you can probably get it from DreamSpark.

Paul
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  • I'm not a student... I'm a retired firmware engineer. Do you know if VS2015 Community is a "full" version? – eddyq Sep 20 '15 at 19:23