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Is it possible to sync settings between computers in Visual Studio 2010? I know you can do it by exporting your settings then copying them over to another computer or putting them in drop box or something. So I was wondering if there is any other way to do it?
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Synchronized settings for Visual Studio are turned on by default. You can turn off synchronized settings on a computer by going to the Tools > Options > Environment > Accounts page and unselecting the Synchronize Visual Studio settings across devices option.
You can turn on Settings Sync using the Turn On Settings Sync... entry in the Manage gear menu at the bottom of the Activity Bar. You will be asked to sign in and what preferences you would like to sync; currently Settings, Keyboard Shortcuts, Extensions, User Snippets, and UI State are supported.
Settings. settings is located in the My Project folder for Visual Basic projects and in the Properties folder for Visual C# projects. The Project Designer then searches for other settings files in the project's root folder. Therefore, you should put your custom settings file there.
Under Tools > Options > Environment > Import and Export Settings there is an option to Automatically save my settings to this file. You can then set this to a file in a shared location (shared network folder, file syncing service, etc) on any computer you want to sync. Personally I share my settings this way using Dropbox without any problems.
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There is new Extension for Visual Studio called ExtensionSync created by Latish Sehgal.
Add this extension into Visual Studio and it will read and update your settings each time it starts.
Further information can be found on this blog post.
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