Visual Studio IDE

[Ben Kim]

Hello all,

I have VS 2005 and SQL 2005 installed on my machine. However the "Getting
Started" area of the Start Page shows SQL information instead of Visual
Studio information when I start up Visual Studio 2005. Is there any way to
reset the link to VS related info? I have tried reinstalling, uninstalling
and reinstalling and it appears the installer does not remove the link from
the registry.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ben

[Kevin Spencer]

Got to the Tools|Options menu, and click on the "Startup" item. The Start
Page is a URL to a page, which, on all of my machines points to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409. You can set it to
any URL you wish, or elect not to show any Start Page at all.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:eX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

Hello all,

I have VS 2005 and SQL 2005 installed on my machine. However the "Getting
Started" area of the Start Page shows SQL information instead of Visual
Studio information when I start up Visual Studio 2005. Is there any way
to reset the link to VS related info? I have tried reinstalling,
uninstalling and reinstalling and it appears the installer does not remove
the link from the registry.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ben

[Ben Kim]

Kevin,

Thank you for the link. However I was speaking of the "GETTING STARTED"
area of the Start Page. It is still showing SQL related information.

I tried your suggestion changing:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/rss.xml

To:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409

And restarted. Again the "Getting Started" area is wrong.

Ben

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

Got to the Tools|Options menu, and click on the "Startup" item. The Start
Page is a URL to a page, which, on all of my machines points to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409. You can set it to
any URL you wish, or elect not to show any Start Page at all.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:eX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

Hello all,

I have VS 2005 and SQL 2005 installed on my machine. However the
"Getting Started" area of the Start Page shows SQL information instead of
Visual Studio information when I start up Visual Studio 2005. Is there
any way to reset the link to VS related info? I have tried reinstalling,
uninstalling and reinstalling and it appears the installer does not
remove the link from the registry.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ben

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Ben,

Sorry I misunderstood. The URL will only change the "news" area of the
StartPage. From my view of the .vssettings files, this cannot be done via
the Settings:

<ToolsOptionsSu bCategory name="Startup" RegisteredName= "Startup"
PackageName="Vi sual Studio Environment Package">
<PropertyValu e name="OnStartUp ">5</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e
name="StartPage RSSUrl">http://go.microsoft.co m/fwlink/?linkid=35587&a mp;clcid=%VSSPV _LCID_HEX%</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e
name="StartPage RefreshDownload edContent">true </PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e name="StartPage RefreshInterval ">60</PropertyValue>
</ToolsOptionsSub Category>

However, I suspect that the items in the Getting Started panel are stored in
the System Registry. Unfortunately, I have to head home now, but you could
try searching the registry for the strings of the menu items listed there.
Or, an outside shot, try resetting your settings, or repairing Visual
Studio. I'd look myself, but I've got to run for tonight.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:Ot******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl...

Kevin,

Thank you for the link. However I was speaking of the "GETTING STARTED"
area of the Start Page. It is still showing SQL related information.

I tried your suggestion changing:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/rss.xml

To:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409

And restarted. Again the "Getting Started" area is wrong.

Ben

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

Got to the Tools|Options menu, and click on the "Startup" item. The Start
Page is a URL to a page, which, on all of my machines points to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409. You can set it to
any URL you wish, or elect not to show any Start Page at all.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:eX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

Hello all,

I have VS 2005 and SQL 2005 installed on my machine. However the
"Getting Started" area of the Start Page shows SQL information instead
of Visual Studio information when I start up Visual Studio 2005. Is
there any way to reset the link to VS related info? I have tried
reinstalling, uninstalling and reinstalling and it appears the installer
does not remove the link from the registry.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ben

[Kevin Spencer]

Okay, I wqas able to do some more research, and I did find out where this
information is stored, and some clues as to how you can change it.

It's all stored in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\VisualS tudio\8.0\Start Page

This registry key stores the commands as well as the News URL. The commands
in the "Getting Started" menu are listed as the following keys:

Command1
Command2
Command3
Command4
Command5
Command6

Unfortunately, these keys store GUIDs. Here are some examples from my
registry (although I suspect the UGIDs will differ from yours):

{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|3 22|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|3 23|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|3 24|
{1496A755-94DE-11D0-8C3F-00C04FC2AAE2}|3 85|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|3 25|
{4A79114A-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802}|2 66|

I have not had the time to track these down completely. I probably have
spent too much time already. I can, however, give you one more clue (other
than tracing through your registry). See the Visual Studio Extensibility
section in the MSDN Library:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...asp?frame=true

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
news:ui******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

Hi Ben,

Sorry I misunderstood. The URL will only change the "news" area of the
StartPage. From my view of the .vssettings files, this cannot be done via
the Settings:

<ToolsOptionsSu bCategory name="Startup" RegisteredName= "Startup"
PackageName="Vi sual Studio Environment Package">
<PropertyValu e name="OnStartUp ">5</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e
name="StartPage RSSUrl">http://go.microsoft.co m/fwlink/?linkid=35587&a mp;clcid=%VSSPV _LCID_HEX%</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e
name="StartPage RefreshDownload edContent">true </PropertyValue>
<PropertyValu e name="StartPage RefreshInterval ">60</PropertyValue>
</ToolsOptionsSub Category>

However, I suspect that the items in the Getting Started panel are stored
in the System Registry. Unfortunately, I have to head home now, but you
could try searching the registry for the strings of the menu items listed
there. Or, an outside shot, try resetting your settings, or repairing
Visual Studio. I'd look myself, but I've got to run for tonight.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:Ot******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl...

Kevin,

Thank you for the link. However I was speaking of the "GETTING STARTED"
area of the Start Page. It is still showing SQL related information.

I tried your suggestion changing:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/rss.xml

To:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409

And restarted. Again the "Getting Started" area is wrong.

Ben

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

Got to the Tools|Options menu, and click on the "Startup" item. The
Start Page is a URL to a page, which, on all of my machines points to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&clcid=409. You can set it
to any URL you wish, or elect not to show any Start Page at all.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ben Kim" <bk**@NOSPAMeme rgitech.com> wrote in message
news:eX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
Hello all,

I have VS 2005 and SQL 2005 installed on my machine. However the
"Getting Started" area of the Start Page shows SQL information instead
of Visual Studio information when I start up Visual Studio 2005. Is
there any way to reset the link to VS related info? I have tried
reinstalling, uninstalling and reinstalling and it appears the
installer does not remove the link from the registry.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ben