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I develop WPF and Silverlight application so I use source file links a lot. When I search for something, Visual Studio displays multiple same results in Find Results window - one for each file link which looks quite cluttered.

Is there a way (setting/plugin) to make the search results in Find Results window distinct?

Lukas Cenovsky
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If you are searching C, C++, or C# code consider using the Sando Code Search Tool (a free, open-source extension for Visual Studio). It eliminates duplicate results in many cases, only returning a single result for each program element (i.e., class, method, or field) that is relevant.

Here is an animated gif of it in action:

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Full Disclosure: I am the project lead for this extension so I may be biased :)

David Shepherd
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I did one more search in Visual Studio gallery and I've eventually found what want: Ultra Find

It offers a few more features than the standard VS Find in Files but more importantly it shows only distinct results for linked files!

Lukas Cenovsky
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There are much better "find" or "navigation" plug-ins out there. I personally use ReSharper's Navigation and Search features to find whatever I need within a few keystrokes.

CodeRush and JustCode have similar features, too.

Sumo
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By selecting "Display file names only" in the options for "Find in files" it limits the results list to unique entry per file with matches.

This may be a more useful view of the search results for your usage?

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