03.33 Exporting Your Command Window Aliases and External Tools List

WINDOWS

Alt,T, I

MENU

Tools | Import and Export Settings

COMMAND

Tools.ImportandExportSettings

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipEnv0043

As you probably know, you can export just about any setting you want. Usually, you export several settings together. However, when it comes time to import settings, the following two settings do not get imported by default: Command Window Aliases and External Tools List:

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Sometimes, when importing, users just click through the wizard and forget this is the case. For this reason, it might be a good idea to make sure that you have these two settings ...

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