Is there a visual studio automatic save configuration setting?

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I use the java IDE IntelliJ IDEA and one of the features I like is that there's no saving. Everything's always saved and you just use history navigation. I tend to have both editors open and I'm always forgetting to save in VS.

I'm running vs 2008 with resharper 4.5 but as far as I can tell this isn't achievable or configurable. Any suggestions?

Michael Konečný · Answer 1 · 2020-01-30T14:11:19.353

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For VS 2019, the Auto Save File extension seems to work as expected.

It saves individual files on lost focus, can save all files when VS loses focus and can also save all after an inactivity delay.

In VS 2015, I used to use NoMorePanicSave2015.

It does an equivalent of Ctrl+Shift+S when Visual Studio loses focus, which saves all your files, including solution and projects.

edited Jan 30 '20 at 14:11

answered May 10 '17 at 12:29

Michael Konečný

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OK, I edited the answer but c'mon, a link to a useful plugin is clearly what the question was asking for. Btw, was it you who just downvoted my answer? If yes, was it just because of that? – Michael Konečný May 10 '17 at 13:40
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Not the downvoter, but thanks for editing; looks better now. Including some reference makes it clear at least what the answer *did* if ever the link dies. – anonymous2 May 10 '17 at 17:00
As of now, the NoMorePanicSave2015 link you provided is not working. But I guess no one is using VS 2015 now. – Earlee Feb 10 '21 at 04:45
An extension/plug-in that makes the job, is always welcome. – carloswm85 Jul 14 '21 at 14:34

gregmac · Answer 2 · 2017-01-03T16:46:58.880

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Another plugin: CBAutoSave

This extension can automatically save modified documents, projects, and the solution whenever Visual Studio loses focus.

Saving of modified documents is on by default, while automatically saving projects and the solution is not. All options are configurable through the Visual Studio options dialog.

edited Jan 03 '17 at 16:46

answered Oct 11 '16 at 14:31

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The provided link is broken. I believe it now lives here: http://vsixgallery.com/extension/b467e5f1-4a69-4ad8-a2a6-0d8bf3932e0e/ – Ilya Luzyanin Jan 02 '17 at 13:56
Strange enough, this extension was giving me error "Value cannot be null. Parameter name Value" when I tried closing the Visual Studio (I have 2015). So I had to install similar extension: *NoMorePanicSave*, which does the same, but does not give me an error (yet :)). – Ilya Luzyanin Jan 03 '17 at 15:54
I used this plugin before.. had to move to another PC, cannot download it anymore as both links are dead. I don't think the author is still supporting it as well. – Earlee May 07 '21 at 02:18

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 01 '20 at 16:45

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In VS2017/19 Community there is Auto-Recover option under tools->options->autorecover. It will not autosave unless there is a crash, so it may be a good compromise.

In VS2019 its under tools->Options->Environment-AutoRecover.

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answered May 14 '19 at 17:06

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 20 '22 at 09:04

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Visual Studio 17.2 can now automatically save code documents whenever the application loses focus. This feature can be accessed via Tools > Options > Environment > Document.

answered May 20 '22 at 09:04

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 11 '09 at 06:09

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Visual Studio 2008 will probably be the same:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/programming/configure-autosave-autorecovery-of-crashed-projects-in-visual-studio-2005/

However, it's not "no saving" but you can set it down to 1 minute.

answered Jun 11 '09 at 06:09

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Gaya4lk · Answer 6 · 2022-05-18T16:00:13.233

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Visual Studio 2022 (Enterprise) has auto save option. But you have to enable it.

Navigate from Tools > Options > Environment > Preview Features and Enable the autosave.

here is a screenshot

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answered Apr 08 '22 at 05:15

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Seems not added to community version. – ms2r May 08 '22 at 01:21
@ms2r yeah. It has not added to community version. Thanks. – Gaya4lk May 18 '22 at 15:59

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 17 '23 at 14:19

Follow these steps to auto save documents in Visual Studio:

Go to Tools -> Options
Go to Environments -> Documents
Enable automatically save files when visual studio is in the background, as depicted in this screenshot

It worked in Visual Studion 2022

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 11 '09 at 09:33

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There is an autosave, but I must admit that it doesn't seem to always work for me - notably I suspect that it only saves files, but not projects/solutions, or the .user and .suo files. I don't have any links to prove this mind you.

answered Jun 11 '09 at 09:33

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how do you enable autosave? – shieldgenerator7 May 07 '21 at 01:22
@shieldgenerator7, well it autosaves on run, I don't know if that's a setting or by default (I don't recall ever setting it up). And it does 'recovery' (like Word) in case of a crash. So it's that kind of autosave. – Benjol May 12 '21 at 05:28

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 07 '23 at 12:48

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I prefer this plugin which auto save whenever there are no errors in the file: VSCode AutoSave

answered Apr 07 '23 at 12:48

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Is there a visual studio automatic save configuration setting?

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