Questions tagged [visual-studio-2013]
Visual Studio 2013 is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio (also known as "Dev12", includes C++ compiler version 18.0). Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio -- not just a coding issue.
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How to hide reference counts in VS2013?
Visual Studio 2013 introduced a new feature where it shows you how many times each of your methods are used.
I don't find it very useful, and it messes up the spacing of my file. How do I disable it? ...
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How to disable all caps menu titles in Visual Studio
I assume the title is self explanatory. Just want to change the look of the Visual Studio 2012 not to show menu title in all capital letters.
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Is there a format code shortcut for Visual Studio?
In Eclipse there is a shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+F, that re-indents code and fixes comments and blank lines. Is there an equivalent for Visual Studio 2010?
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How can I switch my signed in user in Visual Studio 2013?
A new feature of Visual Studio 2013 is the ability to sign in with a Microsoft Account and have your settings be persisted across all of your instances of Visual Studio, amongst other things.
When I ...
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How do you reference a capture group with regex find and replace in Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015, and VS Code
I realize there are a ton of questions about this, but none that I found specifically referenced which VS version they referred to. With that important information lacking, I still was unable to ...
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How to turn off CodeLens-References
I recently installed Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate.
Now, as you know, there is this "n references" above all methods.
When I go to the CodeLens options, I can't disable this single feature, since the ...
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Ignore Typescript Errors "property does not exist on value of type"
In VS2013 building stops when tsc exits with code 1. This was not the case in VS2012.
How can I run my solution while ignoring the tsc.exe error?
I get many The property 'x' does not exist on value ...
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Where is Developer Command Prompt for VS2013?
I need to run web.exe file from my developer command prompt in Visual Studio 2013. By default, the command prompt is not installed in Visual Studio 2013.
Previously, I was using Visual Studio 2012. ...
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Call asynchronous method in constructor?
Summary: I would like to call an asynchronous method in a constructor. Is this possible?
Details: I have a method called getwritings() that parses JSON data. Everything works fine if I just call ...
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Why is Visual Studio 2013 very slow?
I'm running Visual Studio 2013 Pro (RTM version) on my formatted PC (Windows 8.1 fresh install).
I don't know why, but Visual Studio 2013 Pro is very very slow! Slow for building, debugging, ...
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No EditorOptionDefinition Export Found Error
In Visual Studio 2013 I started getting the following error when trying to open C# files:
No EditorOptionDefinition export found for the given option name:
Tabs/ConvertTabsToSpaces
Parameter name: ...
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How to get list of zero-reference/unreferenced code in Visual Studio
In visual studio 2013 the number of references of a special Code(method, property, field,...) is shown by Code Lens.
I want to get unused (zero reference) Code in visual studio. Is there any way to ...
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Why can't my program compile under Windows 7 in French? [closed]
I'm running Windows 7 French and I'm trying to compile this really basic program, but Visual Studio is being stubborn and refuses to comply. I also tried compiling it with both GCC 4.7 and Clang trunk ...
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Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE] even if app appears to not be installed
When trying to deploy my app to the Android device I am getting the following error:
Deployment failed because of an internal error: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE]
I am aware of this ...
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Disable ALL CAPS menu items in Visual Studio 2013
In Visual Studio 2013, Microsoft again presents the menu in UPPERCASE as the default.
Can these be modified to be Sentence Case?