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Changing Visual Studio 2012 CAPS Menus to Normal

By , 23 Sep 2012
 

Introduction   

Are you okay with Visual Studio 2012 ALL CAPS Menu? If not there's a simple solution.

Thanks Richard Banks for sharing this great solution.

Menus In CAPS 

Registry Crack 

I have attached the .reg file with post. Extract the downloaded zip file and execute the reg. file with admin rights.

Restart Visual Studio 2012. It's Done Smile | <img src= . If you want you can review the downloaded reg file in any text editor before executing. 

If you want to do this manually then Open the Registry Editor (regedit) and add the below key and value.  

Note: If you do anything wrong in this registry editing then Visual Studio 2012 won't work after splash screen.  

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General\SuppressUppercaseConversion 
REG_DWORD value: 1  

Normal Menus 

If you want that CAPS Menus back then just remove the above key from the specified location. 

Enjoy Smile | <img src=

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GeneralMy vote of 5membersariqkhan21 Nov '12 - 1:32 
exce;;ent
GeneralRe: My vote of 5memberShemeer NS15 Dec '12 - 1:51 
Thank You....Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
GeneralRe: My vote of 5membersariqkhan15 Dec '12 - 2:51 
your welcome, sir
GeneralMy vote of 5memberDerek Jempson25 Sep '12 - 20:48 
Thanks for the help. Works a treat!
GeneralRe: My vote of 5memberShemeer NS15 Dec '12 - 1:51 
Thank You....Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
QuestionVisual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberDerek Jempson24 Sep '12 - 21:07 
This doesn't appear to work with Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop?
AnswerRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberShemeer NS25 Sep '12 - 0:07 
I'm not sure about the key for Visual Studio Express 2012
 
It might be something like this,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VSWinExpress\11.0\General\SuppressUppercaseConversion
 
Could you please open the regisrty and check for it.

 
Registry key for Visual Studio Web Express is
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VWDExpress\11.0\General\SuppressUppercaseConversion
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberDerek Jempson25 Sep '12 - 1:18 
The registry path is the same as the one that you specify - there is nothing similar to "VSWinExpress" in the registry. Could it possibly be because I also have Visual Basic Express 2010 installed (perhaps not).
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberShemeer NS25 Sep '12 - 3:38 
2010 key and 2012 key are different, (folder is separater by the version number)
 
Just look under below registry root
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
 
for any folder starts with VisualStudio, VSWinExpress, VCExpress, VWDExpress etc... with a folder named 11.0 inside it.
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberDerek Jempson25 Sep '12 - 8:13 
Looks like it's under WDExpress\11\General, but I don't think I'll attempt it in case it messes something up. It's no big deal really - just thought that the menus would be prettier in that sea of grey if the first letters only were capitalised.
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberShemeer NS25 Sep '12 - 8:32 
You're right. playing with registry is a risk.
 
but for this case if you want you can give a try... if any issues in loading vs2012 then just go and delete that key. thats it.
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberDerek Jempson25 Sep '12 - 20:44 
Tried it - it works, thank you!
 
For anyone else using Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Applications, the registry path is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WDExpress\11.0\General
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows DesktopmemberShemeer NS25 Sep '12 - 20:48 
great....thanks for sharingThumbs Up | :thumbsup:
GeneralMy vote of 5memberSavalia Manoj M23 Sep '12 - 23:42 
good one
GeneralMy vote of 5memberchaau23 Sep '12 - 12:54 
thanks mate. nice little trick

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