Thursday, March 31, 2011

Customizing Visual Studio Start Page

Is there a way to customize the VS 2008 Start Page? I want to display a WebSite (a Sharepoint Site) instead of the News Feeds, but I can't find an solution for this.

From stackoverflow
  • You can edit the URL in registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp\Configuration\StartPage

    but it only takes in RSS feeds.

  • Tools -> Options-> Environment -> Startup

    Change the drop down to Open Home Page...

    Tools -> Options-> Environment -> Web Browser -> Web Page

    Set your home page to whatever you want it to be...

  • "but it only takes in RSS feeds." <- sad but true... :(

    Tools->Options-> Environment -> Start Up

    Change the drop down to "Open Home Page".

    Tools->Options-> Environment -> Web Page

    Set your home page to whatever you want it to be.

    This is what i currently do - but then you loose the Start Page with the recently Open Projects - would be nice if you can replace the Feed's with an HomePage - but it looks like it is impossible...

    thx Guys

  • To summarize both @Khash and @JPunyons answers:

    Visual Studio gives you the choice of showing a Start Page, which is based on an RSS feed or to show a Home Page, which can be any page on the internet. You can change which one is shown from Tools / Options / Environments / Startup / At startup combobox.

    If you choose the Start Page, you can modify the RSS feed from Tools / Options / Environments / Startup / Start Page news channel.

    If you choose the Home Page, you can modify the URL from Tools / Options / Environments / Web Browser / Home Page.

  • If you're using Visual Studio 2008 Professional, you need to change the value of NewsChannel in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\StartPage.

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