A collection of Visual Studio 2015 Tips & Tricks

Visual Studio 2015 - Installer Downloads

• Visual Studio 2015 (RTM)
• Visual Studio 2015 Update 1
• Visual Studio 2015 Update 2
• Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

Visual Studio 2015 - Installation Issues and Solutions

• Failed to install setup update (Error code: -2147205120)
• Microsoft Identity Extensions failed during Visual Studio installation

Visual Studio 2015 - IDE Tips & Tricks

• How to enable/disable the Quick Launch?
• How to switch between full screen IDE mode?
• How to automatically show output window while building a project/solution?
• How to work with the Window Layout?
• How to organize “usings” across project/solution?
• How to execute code in Interactive Window?
• How to fix Visual Studio “Internal error in the expression evaluator”?
• How to scope to a project or folder inside Visual Studio?
• How to programmatically retrieve Visual Studio install directory?
• How to enable/disable auto update feature of Visual Studio extension?
• How to call a method when Visual Studio 2015 debugger hits?
• How to use “fuzzy matching” in Visual Studio 2015 to correct misspelled types?
• How to allow NuGet to download missing packages in Visual Studio 2015?
• How to Synchronize your Visual Studio 2015 settings across devices?
• How to change the default XAML document view in Visual Studio 2015?