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?

About the Author

Solution Architect & Former Microsoft MVP

Kunal Chowdhury is an enterprise solution architect and former multi-year Microsoft MVP. He is the author of three technical books: Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, Mastering Visual Studio 2017, and the Mastering Visual Studio 2019.

He publishes technical and non-technical articles on Kunal-Chowdhury.com.