Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Managing User Settings

When you run Visual Studio for the first time, you are asked to specify a setting that best suits your needs. You can then customize Visual Studio settings and options to make the IDE the best environment for you. Starting from Visual Studio 2005, the IDE provides the ability of exporting settings to disk into a .VsSettings file as a backup for later reuse. This means you have the ability to import existing settings into the environment. In addition, starting with Visual Studio 2013, you are asked to sign in with a Microsoft account (formerly known as Windows Live ID). Although not mandatory, this account provides many benefits, including synchronized settings. This section explains how you manage all these Visual Studio ...