Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

Managing Add-ins

Visual Studio add-ins are controlled with the Visual Studio Add-in Manager, which enables you to do two things: load and unload any registered add-in and specify how an add-in can be loaded. To access the Add-in Manager (see Figure 15.9), select Tools, Add-in Manager.

Figure 15.9 Managing add-ins.

This dialog box always displays a list of any available add-ins on the local machine. Checking or unchecking the box next to an add-in’s name causes the add-in to immediately load or unload. The Startup check box determines whether the add-in loads automatically when Visual Studio is started. The Command Line check box performs the same ...