Do you have any tips to improve ReSharper and/or Visual Studio performance?

Question

I'm using visual studio 2008 and ReSharper 4 and it's kind of slow. My machine has 2 GB of RAM, dual core processor and a 7200 rpm hard disk. I know more RAM and a faster hard disk could improve performance, but do you have any tips to improve ReSharper/Visual Studio performance?

Answer 1

• Disable unused extensions under "Tools - Extensions".
• Disable "Track changes" in "Tools - Options - Text Editor".
• Disable "Rich client visual experience" in the "Options - Environment".
• Disable IntelliTrace (Ultimate edition only) - in the "Tools - Options - IntelliTrace - General"
• Disable "Track Active items" - "Tools - Options - Projects and Solutions - Track Active Item in Solution Explorer".
• Disable ReSharper IntelliSense in the ReSharper options
• Disable ReSharper "Analyse errors in whole solution"
• Disable editing enhancements in ReSharper - in ReSharper options turn off all the boxes under "Options - Environment - Editor"

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Answer 2

Turn off the annoying RSS reader

• Tools, Options, Environment, Startup

Turn off all the animations

• Tools, Options, Environment, Animate Environment Tools

Install the recent Service Pack

Clean out your WebCache

• AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebSiteCache