Add a custom folder to the Look In section of the Open and Save dialog boxes
Background
The folders that you normally see on the left side of Visual Studio .NET's Open,
Save, and Save As dialog boxes are collectively called My Places. A typical
Open Project dialog box is shown here:
By default, My Places in Visual Studio .NET consists of five folders:
History
This folder contains links to all previously opened projects and solutions.
My Projects
This folder represents the Visual Studio projects location, which can be
changed. To change it, click Options on the Tools menu in Visual Studio .NET.
This invokes the Options dialog box. Click the Projects and Solutions item in
the Environment folder in this dialog box.
Desktop
This folder displays all projects and solutions that exist on the desktop.
Favorites
This folder displays Internet Explorer favorites.
My Network Places
This folder displays network locations and folders that are defined on the
computer.
Sometimes, the default folders are not enough to make opening projects easier.
For example, suppose you work on projects for two different companies who
require two different directory structures. It would be nicer to see both root
project folders listed in the Open dialog box.
Add a New Folder to My Places
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Open a Microsoft Office application, such as Microsoft Word.
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Click Open from the File menu.
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Browse to and highlight the root folder that contains the Visual Studio
projects.
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Click Add to "My Places" on the Tools menu.
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Invoke the Visual Studio .NET Open Project dialog box.
Note: This feature might not work with an Office 2003/Visual
Studio .NEt 2003 combination.
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