Activating RDP access for Windows 10
Enable Remote Desktop access to a Windows 10 virtual machine hosted on XenServer and connect directly from macOS for a smoother experience.
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Comparison of Syntax-Highlighter-Plugins for Windows Live Writer
Compares several Windows Live Writer plugins for formatting and syntax highlighting source code in blog posts, including their editors, Live Writer rendering, and final blog output.
Blogging
Productive work environments for F# development (under windows)
A collection of free IDEs, editors, compilers, SDKs, and learning resources for getting started with F# development on Windows.
Development
SharpDevelop, F#, missing “Send to F# Interactive” context menu
Explains why SharpDevelop may not show the 'Send to F# Interactive' command for F# script files and how adding the FSX file to an F# project enables it
Development
SharpDevelop, F#, “Please ensure that the F# compiler is installed on your computer.”
How to fix SharpDevelop's 'F# compiler is not installed' error by creating a Windows junction from the expected F# compiler path to the actual F# SDK installation.
Development
Productive Toolset for C# Developer
An updated checklist of software, developer tools, Visual Studio extensions, version-control clients, utilities, productivity applications, and useful web services for setting up a Windows developer machine.
Development
Entity Framework: Connecting to a mdf user database file via localDB during script execution
How to execute an Entity Framework generated database script against the correct attachable MDF user database instead of accidentally creating the schema in SQL Server's master database.
Development
Be careful when Git suppresses bin Folders
Warns about overly broad bin rules in .gitignore files, which can unintentionally exclude binaries from versioned SDKs and toolsets in self-contained development trees.
Development
Find out the URL of a RSS feed in Outlook
How to find the original URL of an RSS feed configured in Microsoft Outlook by opening the feed settings through the Account Settings dialog.
Office
Converting Creole to HTML, PDF, DOCX, ..
How to export Creole-based GitHub Wiki documentation to DOCX by cloning the Wiki repository, converting and merging Creole files to HTML with Creole/c, and processing the result with Pandoc.
Documentation
Wise settings for Git
A practical Git configuration for Windows with useful aliases, colored output, line-ending settings, Notepad++ as editor, and KDiff3 or P4Merge for diff and merge operations.
Development
@Microsoft: please provide universal and professional concepts
A note on machine- and edition-specific Code Analysis paths added to Visual Studio project files and the problems they cause for portable projects, mixed-edition teams, and continuous integration builds.
Development
Toolset agnostic build server and Silverlight projects
Explains why Silverlight and Web Application projects require Microsoft.WebApplication.targets at Visual Studio's expected MSBuild location, and how to work around this dependency on a toolset-free continuous integration server.
Development
Setup license stuff for PostSharp 2.1
Troubleshooting PostSharp license errors on a TeamCity continuous integration server and configuring the correct license activation for unattended builds.
Development
MSB4067: The element <ImportGroup> beneath element <Project> is unrecognized.
Troubleshooting a Jenkins MSBuild failure caused by using the .NET 3.5 MSBuild version with the ImportGroup element, which requires MSBuild 4.0, despite targeting .NET Framework 3.5.
Development
Running StyleCop without an installation to empower continuous integration
How to run StyleCop on a minimal Continuous Integration server without installing it by storing the required assemblies and MSBuild target in the project's DevTree.
Development
xUnit runner eats system diagnostic output
Shows how to restore Debug.WriteLine output in DbgView when running xUnit tests by adding a DefaultTraceListener.
Development
NuGet: Update to an older version of a package
How to downgrade a NuGet package when Update-Package refuses to install an older version by uninstalling the current package and explicitly installing the required previous version.
Development
Review SmartAssembly from Red Gate
A review of SmartAssembly as a .NET tool for obfuscation and protecting intellectual property, with additional features beyond code obfuscation.
Development
Modify properties of “Git Bash Here” shortcut in Explorer and Console Enhancement Project
Configuration notes for a more productive Git Bash and Windows console environment, including window and buffer sizes, transparency, copy-on-select, working directories, and Git Bash integration.
Development
Be carefully by using PostSharp regarding license choice
How PostSharp defaults to the Professional Edition trial and how to configure a Community Edition license to prevent evaluation metadata from being embedded in compiled assemblies.
Development
Using NuGet in a MSBuild-target to have the packages at the last stand
How to integrate NuGet package restore into an MSBuild target, keeping dependencies out of source control while ensuring Visual Studio and CI builds restore the required package versions.
Development
Let ReSharper and xUnit work together
How to set up xUnit with Visual Studio and ReSharper, including local xUnit references, the xUnit Contrib ReSharper plugin, external annotations, and Live Templates.
Development
Code Contracts: For unit test a manual rebuild is needed for toggeling “runtime checking”
A note on applying the Perform Runtime Contract Checking option: application runs pick up the changed setting on restart, while unit tests require an explicit rebuild
Development
Suppressing Add-in-registration task during build process
How to suppress automatic ArcGIS Add-In registration during Visual Studio builds under limited permissions by placing a Dont_EsriRegAddin.txt file beside the project file.
Development
Mercurial behind a proxy
How to use Mercurial through an HTTP proxy by supplying proxy host and port settings with the hg --config parameter.
Development
Clear list of recent repositories in Git Extensions
How to clean orphaned or incorrect repositories from the Git Extensions recent list by editing or deleting the history value in the Windows registry.
Git
Running CopySourceAsHtml Add-in under Visual Studio 2010
How to make the CopySourceAsHtml Visual Studio add-in work with Visual Studio 2010 by copying its files and updating the AddIn configuration from version 9.0 to 10.0.
Development
Differences by pasting formatted text in Word and OneNote
How Word and OneNote differ when pasting formatted text, and how to use Visual Studio's CopySourceAsHtml add-in with HTML instead of RTF to preserve source-code formatting in OneNote.
Development
Alternatives for the Snippet Compiler
A look at alternatives to the discontinued Snippet Compiler for compiling C# snippets and preserving syntax highlighting.
Development
Installation experiences with NDepend under Win7/64 with restricted user permissions
Notes on getting NDepend's Visual Studio integration installed on Windows 7/64 with restricted user permissions, working around repeated file-blocking errors.
DevelopmentDeveloper Environment
Explorer context menu to create a blank Visual Studio solution
How to add a Windows Explorer context-menu option for creating blank Visual Studio solutions using a template in the ShellNew folder and corresponding registry settings.
Development
Default installation for developer machines
A personal checklist of must-have and optional developer tools, IDEs, Visual Studio add-ins, editors, utilities, and Quick Launch shortcuts for a Windows development workstation.
Development
Searching the new FxCop-Release (10.0)
How to obtain and install a newer FxCop release from the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 when the FxCop GUI update link is broken.
Development
My own set of SuppressMessage-lines
A collection of StyleCop and FxCop SuppressMessage examples for common code analysis issues, including naming, IoC, testing, exceptions, documentation, strong names, and framework-specific cases.
Development
Specify a project-specific custom dictionary for FxCop build tasks and Visual Studio Team System static code analysis
How to use a project-specific FxCop custom dictionary with Visual Studio Code Analysis by linking the dictionary into each project and configuring CodeAnalysisDictionary in the csproj file.
Development
Global SVN Ignore Patterns und Zeitstempel-Optionen
Empfohlene globale TortoiseSVN Ignore-Patterns für .NET, Visual Studio und ReSharper sowie sinnvolle Zeitstempel-Einstellungen und Hinweise zur Sicherung der Subversion-Konfiguration.
Development
Visual Studio: Find in files with *.xml wildcard does not find all occurrences
A workaround for Visual Studio Find in Files missing matches in XML files
Development
Installing StyleCop for ReSharper
Installing StyleCop for ReSharper under an administrative account does not activate this ReSharper plugin under my developer account.
Code Analysis
AgentSmith: suppressing spell checking warnings
Disable spellchecking for AgentSmith
Code Analysis
Working with Microsoft FxCop
How to integrate Microsoft FxCop into Visual Studio builds using post-build events
Development
Nice tools for I18N
An overview of resource and localization tools for Visual Studio
Programming
Sandcastle Help File Builder: Content Editor opens without functionality
How to restore a non-functional SHFB Content Editor by deleting corrupted configuration files and fixing malformed XML content files.
Documentation
Using images and cursors in resources
Use strongly typed image and cursor resources in .NET applications to catch missing or renamed resources earlier and avoid fragile runtime lookups.
C#