How to remove/hide GitExtensions toolbar from Visual Studio?

Question

I tried:

• right-click on a toolbar and uncheck GitExtensions
• right-click on a toolbar > Customize and delete GitExtensions
• moved the toolbar from the second row to the first row
• searched GitExtensions settings for a way to disable/hide the toolbar, but didn't find anything

The GitExtensions toolbar shows up again on the second toolbar row after a computer restart.

I use:

• Windows 8
• Visual Studio 2012
• Git 1.7.11
• GitExtensions 2.41

Answer 1

The Git Extension files are stored in your 'My Documents' folder in a "Visual Studio 2012" subfolder. Removing these files will make the toolbar disappear from within MSVC.

Answer 2

1. Run Git Extensions uninstaller from Control Panel
2. Click to 'Change' button
3. Deselect "Visual Studio extension" feature

UPDATE

This should work with 2.48.04 and newer versions: right-click on a toolbar, uncheck GitExtensions, close all VS instances and start it again.

Answer 3

The location is correct, the file is called CurrentSettings.vssettings

I modified the line:

<add_toolbar Menu="{000D7B18-CDE4-49F0-B194-FE3E25BBF096}:00000002" 
 Name="GitExtensions" MenuType="toolbar" />

by adding Visibility="hide" FullScreen="hide"

Result:

<add_toolbar Menu="{000D7B18-CDE4-49F0-B194-FE3E25BBF096}:00000002" 
 Name="GitExtensions" MenuType="toolbar"
 Visibility="hide" FullScreen="hide"/>

Answer 4

Deleting or changing the settings files (C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Settings\CurrentSettings.vssettings) is only a temporary fix because Visual Studio recreates/overwrites this file each time you update a setting or close Visual Studio.

Using a team settings file doesn't work either because that file won't overwrite a parameter that's not in listed in the CurrentSettings.vssettigs file. And it won't be listed in the CurrentSettings.vssettigs file after you close Visual Studio and the file gets regenerated.

* I see 3 options *

1. Recompile GitExtensions with the modification noted here: https://github.com/gencer/gitextensions/commit/faef52e8191fde54ef9787f6f5156cf315ec9be5 This is not easy because the project includes a bunch of third party libraries that have to be installed and configured. Good Luck!

2. Use this .dll that was fixed by someone else. http://mirror.nienbo.com/git-extensions/patch_for_244/GitPlugin.dll After you download it, right click on it, select properties, and press the "unblock" button. Then copy it to C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Addins (overwriting the current file). This worked great for me.

3. Use a different git extension program.