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Visual Studio Windows Application single taskbar icon when multiple forms shown
I know I'm missing something obvious, but cannot seem to grasp how to have my windows forms application only show 1 icon on the taskbar.
Currently, from my main form, when I show another form using ...
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Errors using Hot Reload (Alt-F10) in Visual Studio after making some changes to the code
Hot reload works for me, but it throws errors after a short period of using it.
I am currently working on a complex ASP.NET solution containing a main website, apis and other auxiliary projects inside ...
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Configuring Visual Studio 2022 to utilize the NuGet packages installed via vcpkg
Disclaimer I am very new to C++ and Visual Studio
I was given a project repository in which CMake (3.31.11) and vcpkg (2026-03-04) are configured for Visual Studio 2022.
After the initial cmake -...
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Why does Visual Studio IntelliSense give error E0304 when the code compiles just fine?
#include <concepts>
#include <format>
template<typename T>
requires std::constructible_from<std::format_string<>, T>
void foo(T&) {}
int main() {
foo("&...
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Visual Studio spawns tiny corner on bottom left when launched - any way to fix?
Every time I launch Microsoft Visual Studio 2026, once the splash screen disappears, instead of the traditional welcome window, I just get this tiny window on the bottom left corner of my screen.
I'm ...
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ResXManager extension creates ResXManager.config.xml when cleaning solution
I'm working with ResXManager. But I have the problem, when I clean the solution following line is removed from the sln-file:
RESX_NeutralResourcesLanguage = de-DE
and instead of this a new ...
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Visualizing memory as binary in natvis [closed]
I have a C++ hash map class that I'm writing natvis code for in order to easily inspect its members while debugging. One member of the class is char* myControlBytes which is an array of chars/bytes ...
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Visual Studio 2026 tab to accept suggested code does not work
I'm using Visual Studio 2026 (Insiders 11612.153). The tab to accept suggested code does not work; stopped working a couple of release candidates ago.
Similar symptoms to question here (I looked at ...
Tooling
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Code Completion on emplace_back in Visual Studio Pro
It's a minor thing, but it looks like Visual Studio Pro cannot get the arguments from the constructors when you use std::vector::emplace_back(), for example.
Is it just my own setup, or is there no ...
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Turn off specific autocompletions that override specific snippets?
Looking to turn off specific autocompletions that override specific snippets when I hit Tab. Ideally globally (not just this project).
Basically what I want is, when I hit Tab, only go from this
To ...
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GitHub Repository for Visual Studio?
It seems that Visual Studio is different from Visual Studio Code. I can find a GitHub repository for Visual Studio Code, but I cannot find one for Visual Studio. Does anyone know why this is? How ...
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Confusion resolving NuGet package vulnerabilities
Every once in a while, I get a message in Visual Studio telling me that one or more packages I'm using is out of date with vulnerabilities. But I find the process of resolving the issue confusing.
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Advice
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Advice for aspiring developer?
I am a complete beginner to programming and my long-term goal is to become a software engineer. My current situation: - No prior programming experience - Using Visual Studio Code - Interested in ...
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Is this a Visual Studio bug?
I'm using Windows 11 Pro and Visual Studio Community 18.4.0.
Here is my simple Razor page:
@{
var str = "/*";
Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); // <-- place insertion ...
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Why is Windows Security blocking my Visual Studio 2022 console application from running? [closed]
At first Gemini told me it's because it's inside the desktop, so I moved it to the C: drive and it still won't run. After that, it advised me to do some other stuff which didn't work either. Please ...