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Can I change VS 2013 look & feel to be like 2010?

Just installed VS 2013 (was previously on 2010) and I deeply regret it. I'm so glad the company picked up the tab!

I've read around a bit and found that a lot of people hate the VS 2012/2013 look & feel, and there are tools and tips to bring back the 2010 look & feel in VS 2012. However I couldn't find something like that for 2013 and wondering if I missed it or it just wasn't invented yet.


Edit: Two things I did find which someone else might be interested in too:

  1. Disabling the ALL CAPS menus (this is is another SO question and found easily)
  2. Disabling the file contents expanding (this appears to be less known and god knows how this guy even found it...

Edit #2: In the end I didn't use the themes in the provided answer. It seems that the "close to 2010" theme comes built-in in 2013 under the "Blue" name. I decided not to bother with icons and colors beyond that, to try and get used to these icons. The hacks above, coupled with VSCommands proved sufficient for me.

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Amir Abiri Avatar asked Oct 31 '13 15:10

Amir Abiri


1 Answers

Here's a great tool for customizing your VS UI. It works with 2012 or 2013. There's also quite a few different themes available around the web, some of which mimic the UI of 2010.

Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor

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Andrew Clear Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 15:10

Andrew Clear