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With Visual Studio 2010 (and vs2011 preview) Fast Launch Not Helpful Often

Updated: at 06:34 PM

 

Let’s say I’ve created two Visual Studio Projects with the same name “WebApp” but reside in different directories as shown below (c:\temp\Proj1 and c:\temp\Proj2).  I often call the project WebApp, however I want to keep the projects totally separate.  Below are the File/New Project dialog examples.

 

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Now, when I click start (this is with the vs2011 preview I’m demonstrating), I see the following:

 

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I actually have to hover over each “WebApp.sln” to tell which project is which.  I think that information should be in the pinned app itself, not require a hover over to tell which project it is.

Agree?  Add your comment below and go to the following link to vote up my connect suggestion.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/679081/should-have-vs-launch-shortcuts-inside-vs-recent-projects-because-run-as-admin

From the comments, Microsoft said they would consider it for the next release, but it looks like it has not made it.  Let’s try and change that!