Extensions for Visual Studio

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Here is list of Visual Studio Extensions.

The integration of Visual Studio extensions through Extension Manager in Visual Studio. You will find Extension Manager in Tools –> Extension Manager.

Some of those extensions are free and some are not. Some of the extensions are work only on VS 2010 while some of updated versions are also there in.

Free:

PowerCommands - Useful extensions for the Visual Studio (Supports VS 2012) adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE.
DevExpress CodeRush Xpress
AnkhSVN - Subversion Support for Visual Studio.
Ghost Doc - Simplify your XML Comments.
Visual Studio Color Theme Editor - Make your Visual Studio look pretty with themes.
VsVim
DPack
VSFileNav - fast searcher with wildcards + camel case searches.
Sonic file finder - fast and convenient search.
AllMargins
tangible T4 Editor plus modeling tools for VS2010 adds IntelliSense and Syntax Coloring to T4 Text Templates
Word Wrap with Auto-Indent
Indentation Matcher Extension
Structure Adornment
- BlockTagger
- BlockTaggerImpl
- SettingsStore
- SettingsStoreImpl
Source Outliner
Triple Click
ItalicComments
Go To Definition
Spell Checker
Remove and Sort Using
Format Document
Open Folder in Windows Explorer
Find Results Highlighter
Regular Expressions Margin
VSCommands
HelpViewerKeywordIndex
StyleCop
Extension Analyzer
CodeCompare
Team Founder Server Power Tools
VS10x Selection Popup
Color Picker Completion
Numbered Bookmarks
Mouse Zoom
Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools
JSEnhancements - provides outlining and matching braces highlighting features for Visual Studio JavaScript editor; provides fantastic #region collapsing in JS and CSS files, making long files much easier to handle;
Code Contracts Editor Extensions
WoVS Quick Add Reference
JScript Editor Extensions
Align By
T4 Editor
Quick Open File for Visual Studio 2010 - quick opening any solution file
CleanProject - Cleans Visual Studio Solutions
NuGet - NuGet is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development.

Not Free:

Resharper
Visual Assist X
JustCode
ViEmu
CodeRush with Refactor! Pro
VisualSVN
VS10x Code Map - Displays a graphical nested representation of the current editor window code (Supports Visual Studio 2012)
VS10x Editor View Enhancer (Supports Visual Studio 2012)

Get more details on MSDN: Installing and Managing Visual Studio Tools and Extensions

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