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CiccioMiami
CiccioMiami

Reputation: 8256

VS2010 import/export setting does not work

I am trying to change the colors of my VS2010 according to the color scheme http://studiostyl.es/schemes/son-of-obsidian.

In order to import the setting, I go from Visual Studio menu to:

Tools -> Import and Export Settings -> Import selected environment settings -> No, just import new settings, overwriting my current settings -> Choose settings to import -> All Settings

I tried with both project closed and open but it does not work at all. Anybody might help?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 2845

Answers (2)

vahid
vahid

Reputation: 21

this solution works for me:

  1. first of all download load your settings file
  2. close visual studio
  3. goto vs settings path . for me is "c:\users\administrator\documents\visual studio 2010\Settings"
  4. paste setting file
  5. backup current setting (copy to another folder or ...)
  6. rename your setting file to "CurrentSettings.vssettings"
  7. open vs

Upvotes: 1

Sire
Sire

Reputation: 4348

A few possible solutions, try them in order:

  1. First try to ONLY import Options/Environments/Fonts and Colors.

  2. If you have ReSharper, disable Color identifiers which mess up most color schemes. Go to ReSharper Options/Code Inspection/Settings and disable Color identifiers.

  3. Start RegEdit and first export a backup, then delete the keys below: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\FontAndColors\ Especially cache and the GUID. Then start VS and try import again. This worked for me.

  4. I haven't even tried this but as a last resort, take a backup of C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Settings\CurrentSettings.vssettings and then edit this file, removing the entire tag

Upvotes: 2

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