How to open files in one instance using Visual Studio?

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I edit files directly from FTP and like to use Visual Studio, however VS seems to open each file in a new instance of VS instead of a new tab. I believe this is because it's a file without a solution/project.

How can I force VS to open multiple separate files inside one multitabed window?

LeRoy · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-06 08:45:16Z

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I had the same problem This worked for me :

In Filezilla go to Edit > Settings > File editing on the "Use custom editor" radio button, enter the following: NB: the space between quatation mark and forword slash is important " /edit

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /edit

or

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /edit

answered Aug 6, 2015 at 8:45

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Soundararajan · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30 19:04:54Z

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You should perhaps look into this command line option : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa991989(v=vs.100).aspx

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 19:04

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lukas.pukenis Over a year ago

Thanks for a useful hint! Not what I was looking for but a very big hint. Thanks!

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