Global test initialize method for MSTest

Question

Quick question, how do I create a method that is run only once before all tests in the solution are run.

Answer 1

Create a public static method, decorated with the AssemblyInitialize attribute. The test framework will call this Setup method once per test run:

[AssemblyInitialize()] public static void MyTestInitialize(TestContext testContext) {} 

For TearDown its:

[AssemblyCleanup] public static void TearDown()  {} 

EDIT:

Another very important detail: the class to which this method belongs must be decorated with [TestClass]. Otherwise, the initialization method will not run.