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Changing Visual Studio 2012 CAPS Menus to Normal

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How to change VS2012 CAPS Menus to Normal

Introduction

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

Thanks to Richard Banks for sharing this great solution.

Menus in CAPS

Image 1

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.

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

Normal Menus

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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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History

  • 23rd September, 2012: Initial version

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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
sariqkhan21-Nov-12 1:32
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GeneralRe: My vote of 5 Pin
Shemeer NS15-Dec-12 1:51
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GeneralRe: My vote of 5 Pin
sariqkhan15-Dec-12 2:51
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 20:48
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GeneralRe: My vote of 5 Pin
Shemeer NS15-Dec-12 1:51
professionalShemeer NS15-Dec-12 1:51 
QuestionVisual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Derek Jempson24-Sep-12 21:07
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AnswerRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
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GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 1:18
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GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Shemeer NS25-Sep-12 3:38
professionalShemeer 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 Desktop Pin
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 8:13
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 8:13 
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Shemeer NS25-Sep-12 8:32
professionalShemeer NS25-Sep-12 8:32 
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 20:44
Derek Jempson25-Sep-12 20:44 
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop Pin
Shemeer NS25-Sep-12 20:48
professionalShemeer NS25-Sep-12 20:48 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Savalia Manoj M23-Sep-12 23:42
Savalia Manoj M23-Sep-12 23:42 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
chaau23-Sep-12 12:54
chaau23-Sep-12 12:54 

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