Visual Studio 2005 Accelerators

Visual Studio 2005 is probably one of the most complex pieces of software ever developed. It has so many features, so many tools to (try to) satisfy every developer that is trying to accomplish such a wide variety of tasks, that it is easy to see how a product like that could become very bloated and sluggish. So, how do I speed it up? Here are some tips I have collected over time: Disable the Splash Screen Add the following parameter to your VS2005 shortcut: “C:Program Files…devenv.exe” -nosplash Note: the same trick applies to Business Intellgience Managment Studio and SQL Management Studio…. Install Visual Studio Service Pack 1 get it here. Turn off any IDE animated windows Go to Tools | Options | Environment and uncheck Animate environment tools. Get a faster hard drive – seriously Scott Gu writes: “What you are much more likely to block on is the Seek and I/O speed capacity with which your computer accesses your hard drive.  If you are using an application...