BetterStartPage

This is a Visual Studio like start page which replaces the news section by a custom project dashboard.In the project dashboard you can organize your solutions and projects into different groups for fast access.

Project Site: https://github.com/Danielku15/BetterStartPage

Found a bug or want a new feature?

Please report it on the project site as an issue instead of here in the Q/A section. The Q/A section is not very suitable for tracking issues and feature requests.

Basic Usage

Due to some restrictions within Windows, it's not possible to drag&drop items from a non elevated application (like the normal Windows Explorer) into an elevated one. Please ensure you start Visual Studio with normal user credentials and not using 'Run as Administrator', otherwise the dragging projects and solutions into BetterStartPage will not work

• right click on the empty area and enable the edit mode
• add new groups using the "Add Group" link on the bottom
• edit the group titles using the inline textbox
• add new solution and project files to the groups using Drag&Drop from Windows Explorer
• adjust the number of group columns you want to have
• use the action buttons to reorder or delete items
• right click on the empty area and disable the edit mode to save your layout

Note: Be sure you create your start page setup with only a single Visual Studio opened. And close the Visual Studio after creating your start page. Otherwise the different Visual Studio instances will overwrite their settings and the start page might get reset.

It also will add a new File menu entry that lists all projects added to the startpage for quick access.

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