OK, here's my tip for making working with the VS Command prompt much easier.
Save the following lines as a .REG file and merge them into your registry:
-------start -----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\Directory\sh ell\VSDosHere]
@="Visual Studio .NET 2003 Command Prompt"
[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\Directory\sh ell\VSDosHere\c ommand]
@="C:\\WINNT\\s ystem32\\cmd.ex e /k \"C:\\Progra m Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio .NET 2003\\Common7\\ Tools\\vsvars32 .bat\" %1"
--------end------------
You may have to adjust the path to vsvar32.bat. Also, that path should be
all one line start with the @
Now, you can just right-click on a folder in Explorer, select "Visual Studio
..NET 2003 Command Prompt" and open a command prompt right in that directory.
One other thing to make life a bit easier. In the vsvars32.bat file, at the
very end (after the ":End" line), add the following:
-------- start -------
@echo.
@echo Current folder is:
@cd
@prompt $n$g
--------end--------
This will print out the current path, and then change the prompt to just
"C>" (The default prompt is the full path, which in a deep folder structure,
could wrap around a line.)
"glenn" <gh******@softe ksoftware.com> wrote in message
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I keep reading all sorts of books on VS that keep telling me to click on
Tools/Visual Studio Command prompt to run this program or that program.
However, I do not have such a menu choice. Where is this menu?