Comments on: Moving the Visual Studio Folder http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/ Jeffrey Sharp's Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Josh Zerin http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-349 Josh Zerin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:57:19 +0000 http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-349 Thanks for posting this article; I was looking for a similar fix for SQL Server Management Studio. I ended up doing a values search for "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents", which yielded results for both VS and SSMS. Thanks for posting this article; I was looking for a similar fix for SQL Server Management Studio.

I ended up doing a values search for “%USERPROFILE%\My Documents”, which yielded results for both VS and SSMS.

]]> By: Mike http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-177 Mike Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:49:41 +0000 http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-177 Totally agree. After changing the location, I usually just hide the original folders. Your tip is maybe even better. SQL Server Management Studio is terrible too. It creates a SQL Server Management Studio folder in My Documents AND a Visual Studio 2005 folder (since it's based on VS 2005 codebase). Ugh! Thanks for the tip. Totally agree.

After changing the location, I usually just hide the original folders. Your tip is maybe even better.

SQL Server Management Studio is terrible too. It creates a SQL Server Management Studio folder in My Documents AND a Visual Studio 2005 folder (since it’s based on VS 2005 codebase). Ugh!

Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Steven http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-175 Steven Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:30:21 +0000 http://www.jeffreysharp.org/2008/02/19/moving-the-visual-studio-folder/#comment-175 [quote]"Software should not install icons on the desktop, ask me to give out my email address, run background tasks, install malware, or add folders to My Documents, for example. ... Someone should create a software user’s bill of rights to popularize the notion among developers that these behaviors are bad."[/quote] This is fantastic writing, and it's so refreshing to see that someone else GETS IT! I would equate these kinds of trivialities with requiring a manuscript to have periods and paragraph breaks before it can be published. There's lots of decent coding standards books, but our industry definitely needs a higher-level list of things software should just do or not do, as a minimum requirement to being published. [quote]“Software should not install icons on the desktop, ask me to give out my email address, run background tasks, install malware, or add folders to My Documents, for example. … Someone should create a software user’s bill of rights to popularize the notion among developers that these behaviors are bad.”[/quote]

This is fantastic writing, and it’s so refreshing to see that someone else GETS IT!

I would equate these kinds of trivialities with requiring a manuscript to have periods and paragraph breaks before it can be published. There’s lots of decent coding standards books, but our industry definitely needs a higher-level list of things software should just do or not do, as a minimum requirement to being published.

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