Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page

By default, the Visual Studio Start Page shown in Figure 2.1 is the first thing you see when you start Visual C# .NET (if Visual C# isn't running, start it now). The Visual Studio Start Page is a gateway for performing tasks with Visual C# .NET. From this page, you can open previously edited projects, create new projects, and edit your user profile.

Figure 2.1. The Visual Studio Start Page is the default entry point for all .NET languages.

From this page, you can have Visual Studio .NET load the last solution you edited, show the Open Project dialog box, show the New Project dialog box, or show an empty ...

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