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.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

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[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]

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:

<ToolsOptionsSubCategory name="Startup" RegisteredName="Startup"
PackageName="Visual Studio Environment Package">
<PropertyValue name="OnStartUp">5</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValue
name="StartPageRSSUrl">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=35587&amp;clcid=%VSSPV_LCID_HEX%</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValue
name="StartPageRefreshDownloadedContent">true</PropertyValue>
<PropertyValue name="StartPageRefreshInterval">60</PropertyValue>
</ToolsOptionsSubCategory>

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

 

[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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\StartPage

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}|322|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|323|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|324|
{1496A755-94DE-11D0-8C3F-00C04FC2AAE2}|385|
{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}|325|
{4A79114A-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802}|266|

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/e...ur/Visual Studio Extensibility.asp?frame=true

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck