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Introduction

Josh Beach wrote a utility for editing the MRU list used by Visual Studio. You can find his original article here. Peter then added some extra functionality and you can find his updated version here.

I really like the app, but I had a few niggles so I made some changes of my own:

It now supports Visual Studio 2008
The default Studio version selected in the drop-down box will be the newest, rather than the oldest
The buttons have ToolTips
It doesn't list Visual Studio versions that you don't have installed
Better-looking buttons
Re-named some of the buttons and changed the layout a bit
Added an installer project
A few other tweaks and fiddles because I was bored

As I can't upload new versions to someone else's article I've created my own - my first article here at The Code Project, shame it's not my own work!

Using the Code

I have really only fiddled with the UI and made some small changes to the existing code so please take a look at Josh and Peter's original articles for code information. If you want to add other versions of Visual Studio to the list, take a look at the MainForm() constructor in MainForm.cs - it's just a case of adding a new AddVersion() call.

History

June 5, 2008 - peterchen

Fixed: Save failed when Visual Studio 2008 was not installed
Added: Additional keyboard support
Shift+Up/Down to move an item, Del to remove, Num-+ to add an existing project/solution
Changed selection change after Delete to match my personal preferences

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

About the Authors

peterchen

Member

Peter is tired of being called "Mr. Chen", even so certain individuals insist on it. No, he's not chinese.

Peter has seen lots of boxes you youngsters wouldn't even accept as calculators. He is proud of having visited the insides of a 16 Bit Machine.

In his spare time he ponders new ways of turning groceries into biohazards, or tries to coax South American officials to add some stamps to his passport.

He recently started blogging about hisFirst Real C# Project[^] (a.k.a. "get it done"). Musing how this changes development for him or in general, tidbits he discovered, and else.

Beyond these trivialities Peter works for Klippel[^], a small german company that wants to make mankind happier by selling them novel loudspeaker measurement equipment.

Where are you from?[^]

Please, if you are using one of my articles for anything, just leave me a comment. Seeing that this stuff is actually useful to someone is what keeps me posting and updating them.
Should you happen to not like it, tell me, too

Occupation:	Software Developer (Senior)
Company:	Klippel
Location:	Germany

Josh Beach

Member

Occupation:	Web Developer
Location:	United States

Nelviticus

Member

I am nine feet tall and made out of fire. I spread misery, suffering and chaos in my wake. Hail Eris! Hail Arioch! Hail tuna and mayonnaise sandwiches with sun-dried tomatoes!