“Man, Visual Studio is so slow!”
Have you ever found yourself saying this? I stumbled across a great article with a few tips for speeding up not only the startup of Visual Studio, but also the functionality once inside.
One of the most satisfying tips I found was to simply turn off the splash screen of Visual Studio. You may think this wouldnt make a huge difference, but yes it does.
To turn off the splash screen, there is a simple answer. One that, unfortunately, you cannot find easily. On the shortcut you have to launch Visual Studio, you have to add a parameter to the target of /nosplash.
Once you do this, your target should read similar to the following:
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe” /nosplash
Another tip for speeding up the launch of Visual Studio is to disable the start page. This is the page that loads all the news and stuff you see when you first start Visual Studio. You can do this from the options screen.
Go to Tools|Options
In Environment|Startup, change the At Startup setting to Show Empty Environment
You will be surprised at how much faster Visual Studio is to load.
Now I will cover how to speed up the use of Visual Studio. Mainly, this includes more option changes to turn random stuff off that most developers probably dont even use anyway. First thing is to ensure that Service Pack 1 has been successfully installed. From here on, all settings will be found under Tools|Options.
- Turn off Animations from the Environment section, by unchecking Animated Environment Tools
- Turn off Track Changes from the Text Editor section, by unchecking Track Changes.
- Turn off Track Active Item from the Projects and Solutions section, by unchecking Track Active Item in Solution Explorer.
By following these tips, you are sure to be satisfied with the results of your now speedier, Visual Studio 2005
Source: http://dotnettipoftheday.org/tips/speedup_visual_studio.aspx
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