Visual Studio 2010 - C# - "Ignore spaces in declaration statements" not working

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 and have statements that look like this:

a = 1;
ab = 12;
abc = 123;
etc...

which I would very much like to turn into this:

a   = 1;
ab  = 12;
abc = 123;
etc...

without Visual Studio then turning them back to to the first example when ending the statement with a semi-colon or Pressing Ctrl-K + F (Format selected lines).

I have checked the box Tools->Options->Text Editor->C#->Formatting->Spacing->"Ignore spaces in declaration statements" but it doesn't help. It only helps for real declaration when I am creating a new variable. That is, it works on the following block:

int a   = 1;
int ab  = 12;
int abc = 123;
etc...

But I really (also) need an option "Ignore spaces in assignment statements". How do a I do that? I have tried to install "Align Assignment" (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/0cc34d69-c6f1-41e3-ac6e-5de071b3edc8) and sure enough, it aligns the rows, but then Visual Studio de-aligns them automatically when formatting the text file or editing the rows.

Answer 1

This was answered in a duplicate question that is linked above. I have verified that it works. The important missing part is the operator option. Since I can't comment and vote, here is the solution copied from viktorcpp:

Tools|Options|C#|Formatting

I. Ignore spaces in declaration statements <<-- check this

AND

II. Set spacing for operators Insert space... Ignore spaces ... <<-- check this