Save VS.NET 2003 IDE Settings...

crosspost from http://rex.la/blogs/work/

Thanks Steve! you not only saved the IDE settings, but also saved a lot of people's time...

Also thanks to Andrew for pointing out the info!!

[via Andrew Connell] [via Steve Harman]

Many of the settings are stored in the windows registry, so all you have to do is find the necessary keys and save to a .REG file, and then later you can run those files to re-install the keys on the new VS install. So, fire up regedit, navigate to the key, right-click and select Export. The important keys for VS 2003 are:

• KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\External Tools
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\FontAndColors
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\Text Editor

The majority of the other settings are stored in your user's Application Data directory. So just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\ and then save the following files:

• Keyboard schemes and shortcuts are stored in .vsk files.
• Toolbox data is in the toolbox.tbd file.
• Windows layout are in the devenv.xml file.
• Object Browser data is in the ObjBrow.dat file.
• Various settings from things like external add-ins and packages are stored in the ExtGlobals.dat file.

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