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Henrik
Henrik

Reputation: 9945

VS2010 loads slowly. Can I profile extensions' respective startup time?

I have a simple question. Is it possible to somehow get a log of what is taking so much time to load when starting VS2010? On a default install, starting the IDE is very quick (~1-2 s), but with a batch of extensions installed, the time taken for the IDE to launch is prohibitive of using it to "just have a peek at a file".

I know I can "enable and disable extensions one by one", but I'm looking for a better way that gives me numbers, not 'feelings'.

Hope someone out there knows a good way to do this.

Edit: Follow-up question: Can I selectively disable packages from loading into VS2010?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 5831

Answers (2)

AntonyW
AntonyW

Reputation: 2424

You can use devenv /log as detailed here: MSDN Blogs: Troubleshooting Extensions with the Activity Log.

  1. Run devenv /log
  2. Close the IDE again to close the log Win+R,
  3. Run %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xsl
  4. Wait for it to load in Visual Studio
  5. Open %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml in a web browser and it will format itself nicely.

Upvotes: 14

Henrik
Henrik

Reputation: 9945

No need to upvote this answer, give it to Antony instead (or edit it into his, I don't have enough points):

  1. Run devenv /log,
  2. Close the IDE to close the log / stop logging,
  3. [Win]+[R], run "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xsl"
  4. Wait for it to load in Visual Studio,
  5. Press [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F5], select ActivityLog.xml, or paste "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml" into the browser.
  6. View the formatted html.

FYI: Here was one of my slow extensions that I will get rid of and file a bug report in:

339  Begin package load [DPStudio.VSCommands.VSCommandsPackage, DPStudio.VSCommands, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1f57f29404ce1db6] {4D4B29B7-971B-4FF2-8604-CF9F67FBB705}  VisualStudio 2010/10/22
**09:20:11.275** 

340  Entering function VBDispatch::GetTypeLib   VisualStudio 2010/10/22 09:20:11.643   341  Leaving function VBDispatch::GetTypeLib {80CC9F66-E7D8-4DDD-85B6-D9E6CD0E93E2}  VisualStudio 2010/10/22
**09:20:11**.644 

342  Entering function VBDispatch::GetTypeLib   VisualStudio 2010/10/22 **09:20:20**.274 

343  Leaving function VBDispatch::GetTypeLib {80CC9F66-E7D8-4DDD-85B6-D9E6CD0E93E2}  VisualStudio 2010/10/22 09:20:20.274 

344  End package load [DPStudio.VSCommands.VSCommandsPackage, DPStudio.VSCommands, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1f57f29404ce1db6] {4D4B29B7-971B-4FF2-8604-CF9F67FBB705}  VisualStudio 2010/10/22 09:20:20.294

Upvotes: 7

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