Productivity Power Tools 2017/2019

Productivity Power Tools 2017/2019

This is an extension bundle installer that will install each of the individual components of Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2017 and 2019

It runs in the background and will detect any uninstalled extensions, then download and install them.

The following components wil be installed:

• Align Assignments
• Copy As Html
• Ctrl+Click GoTo Definition (2017 only)*
• Custom Document Well (2017 only)
• Double-Click Maximize
• Editor Guidelines (2017 only)**
• Fix Mixed Tabs
• Match Margin
• Middle-Click Scroll
• Peek Help
• Power Commands for Visual Studio
• Quick Launch Tasks
• Shrink Empty Lines
• Solution Error Visualizer
• Time Stamp Margin

*In-product support for version 15.7 onwards. **Deprecated in VS2017. Please use the supported version here.

You can disable or uninstall individual components via Tools->Extensions and Updates.

Reset Productivity Power Tools

If you've uninstalled any of the extensions installed by the Productivity Power Tools 2017, then those extensions won't be installed again automatically.

To reset this behavior go to Tools -> Reset Productivity Power Tools..._

Note: The Productivity Power Tools does not install a page in Tools->Options for enabling and disabling individual Productivity Power Tools. For Visual Studio 2017, we have release all components as separate extensions. So, you can now enable and disable them through Extensions and Updates. Hence, there is no longer a need for the page in Tools->Options.

There are several ways to know if the Productivity Power Tools 2017 is installed and working:

1. You can see it in the Installed section of Extensions and Updates - and it is enabled.
2. There is an option on the Tools menu for Reset Productivity Power Tools.
3. You should see a box pop up when you first launch VS after installing the extension that will show progress as it downloads and installs all the PPT extensions.
4. If step 3 (above) worked, you should see several PPT extensions in the Installed section of the Extensions and Updates dialog.

Troubleshooting:

1. If you can't see Productivity Power Tools 2017 in E&U, try reinstalling it.
2. If you don't see the Reset option on the Tools menu, check that Productivity Power Tools 2017 is enabled (in E&U).
3. If the PPT 2017 installer did not launch when you restarted VS, try clicking the 'Reset Productivity Power Tools...' button in the Tools menu.
4. If the individual components of PPT are not installed, check your network settings. To further troubleshoot the installation of individual extensions, try manually installing them.

If all else fails, and you can't get the Productivity Power Tool 2017 installer extension to install all the PPT extensions for you, you can always install them manually (from E&U or by downloading extensions from the Marketplace). This has the same effect as installing them via the bundle installer. You can find links to all the PPT extensions above.