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We use Visual Studio 2008/2010 and Team Foundation Server here at work. Sometimes I want to just use the Source Control Explorer. Is there a way to have Visual Studio launch and automatically open Source Control Explorer? I'm thinking ideally of having a shortcut on my taskbar or desktop that does this automatically.
And yes, I do know that if the Source Control Explorer window was open the last time I shut down Visual Studio it will open up, but I am wanting to always go straight to Source Control Explorer even if I had closed that window previously.
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Source Control Explorer is available in Visual Studio, but isn't opened by default when working with a project managed in TFVC. You can open the Source Control Explorer window: From the Team Explorer home page (Keyboard: Ctrl + 0, H), choose Source Control Explorer. From the menu bar.
Right-Click If you have the File List open, right-click on any file and select Source Control > Project > Disconnect.
Personalize your Git settings in Visual Studio 2019 To personalize and customize your Git settings at a repository level as well as at a global level, go to either Git > Settings on the menu bar, or to Tools > Options > Source Control on the menu bar. Then, choose the options you want.
Solution Explorer is a special window that enables you to manage solutions, projects, and files. It provides a complete view of the files in a project, and it enables you to add or remove files and to organize files into subfolders.
OK, I figured it out - Source Control Explorer is available in the Visual Studio IDE as a command (View.TfsSourceControlExplorer), and the Visual Studio executable (devenv.exe) provides the /Command argument to execute a command after the IDE starts up. In my case, I have created a desktop shortcut with the following command line:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /Command View.TfsSourceControlExplorer NOTE: if you really want this to load fast and don't need any other addins (in my case ReSharper and .NET Reflector Pro) then you can also add the /SafeMode argument to the command line.
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I use TFS every day at the office. I set up these things so that I can get to our Source repository quickly... (We use VS 2008)
In Visual Studio... Open Tools->Options. Select Environement->Startup. In the "At startup" dropdown, select "Show empty environment". If have Source Control Explorer when close Visual Studio, it will be the only open window when you start Visual Studio again.
In Visual Studio... Open Tools->Options. Select Environement->Keyboard. Find the command: View.TfsSourceControlExplorer. Set a shortcut for the command. (I like Alt-S)
Enjoy
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