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Visual Studio Shell is used to create custom tool having an integrated development environment (IDE) similar to VS.

Visual Studio Shell is used to create custom tool having an integrated development environment (IDE) similar to VS.

The Visual Studio Shell provides a hierarchal project system, integration with editors and designers, source code control, and many other features that support and enhance your custom tool. In addition, the Visual Studio Shell provides a familiar user interface that may reduce the learning curve for end users.

You can create your own Visual Studio-based application in either integrated or isolated mode.

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what is Visual Studio 2010 Shell?

Is Shell an Visual Studio edition just like express, professional etc ? I had VS2010 Shell installed on my machine but was not able to open many projects in it. Can any one help please. Never headred about this edition.
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Porting Visual Studio VSPackage to SSMS 2012 or 2014

I recently discovered an extension for visual studio that allows you to specify a watermark for the code window. This extension can be found on github here. https://github.com/nategreenwood/VSEditorBackgroundChangerExtension As part of a small…
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Visual Studio Shell - Creating a Custom IDE

I know this is a very broadly scoped question, but what do I need to know to begin creating a branded, custom IDE for course-ware using the VS Shell in isolated mode. Very little useful info on this beast is available through searches, so I'm…
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Should a new Visual Studio-Based Application be based on 2008 or 2010?

I am thinking of creating a product based on the Visual Studio Shell (primarily isolated mode). Since Visual Studio 2010 will most likely be RTM before my product, does it make sense to start with VS2010 as a base rather than VS2008? Has anyone…
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Creating a new window or document window within Visual Studio programmatically

So the problem I am having is related to creating a new window within Visual Studio such as the windows of the code editor. I have looked into using the DTE where you can use functions such as EnvDTE.Document.NewWindow() which will open a new…
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"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click ok to close the application."

I am getting the error message in the title on a VPS running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 when I try to open Visual Studio 2010. Things were working fine in the beginning even after I installed SQL Server 2012 and VS 2013. In trying to…
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Check Visual Studio Shell Installation from Batch

How can we check if and which version of Visual Studio Shell is installed, from a batch script? I understand we can check the existence of file/folder say under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE But I am looking for a…
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Including More Database Connection Options in a Visual Studio Isolated Shell Application?

When starting up an isolated mode visual studio shell application, the only databases available in the Tools->Connect to Database are Access, SQL Compact, and SQL Server Database File. Is there a way to configure the isolated shell to include…
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Can't Find NuGet with VS 2010 Shell Extension Manager

Following these instructions as best I can, the VS 2010 Shell Extension Manager turns up no results when searching for "nuget". The only deviation as far as I can tell is that the instructions show using VS 2010 Ultimate, and I am using the Shell. I…
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How to "Exclude from Project" in VS2015 from Package Manager Console(i.e. Script)

I can right click a file and "Exclude From Project" In Package Manager Console or script, I can delete the file. <- But the file shows as missing as opposed to having been excluded from the project. Is the only solution to manually edit the Project…
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Visual Studio Shell 2014 - hide exception settings tool window

I have an existing shell app and after the shell upgrade (from 12 to 14) the Exception settings tool window is included in the app. I would like to hide it due to it makes no sense in my app. Do you have any idea how to deregister it? I think…
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Visual Studio Shell 14 upgrade ruins command capturing in VSPackage

I have a Visual Studio Shell 2013 application and I would like to upgrade to Shell 2015 and I faced with a problem related to command capturing. In the old version the F1 command is captured and overwrite the default behaviour. (based on How to…
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Visual Studio Shell And F# (invalid license)

Does anyone have any experience with installing the Visual Studio Isolated Shell and using it with F#? It installed successfully, but when I click on the devenv.exe, it opens VS, but gives me the error "Invalid License Data. Reinstall is required".…
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Using VS Isolated Shell as UI scaffolding

I am exploring the possibility of using Visual Studio isolated shell as UI scaffolding for my WPF application. The application will contain custom "document" windows as well as many side tool windows used to display extra information. I need the…
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TwinCat 3 Software Protection Windows Login issue

I am using Twincat 3.1.4024.47 with VS Shell I would like to use the software Protection. I know the function from a previous project and I remember that I can use the Windows password. When I use the Windows password, neither the user logs in by…
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