Running Open-VisualStudio, or the vs alias, in any folder will open the first *.sln found in the stable version of Visual Studio. Using the -pre flag will use the prerelease version that's installed.
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July 22, 2022 20:15
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Shortcut to open the first .sln found in Visual Studio
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| function Open-VisualStudio { | |
| Param( | |
| [switch] $prerelease | |
| ) | |
| $vswhere = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" | |
| if (!(Test-Path $vswhere)) { | |
| Write-Host "vswhere must be installed to use this command" -ForegroundColor Red | |
| return | |
| } | |
| $path = Convert-Path . | |
| $sln = Get-ChildItem -Path $path\* -Include *.sln | Select-Object -First 1 | |
| if (!$sln) { | |
| Write-Host "No .sln file found" -ForegroundColor Red | |
| return | |
| } | |
| if ($prerelease) { | |
| $devenv = & $vswhere -latest -prerelease -property productPath | Select-Object -First 1 | |
| } else { | |
| $devenv = & $vswhere -latest -property productPath | Select-Object -First 1 | |
| } | |
| if (!$devenv) { | |
| Write-Host "Visual Studio was not found" -ForegroundColor Red | |
| return | |
| } | |
| & $devenv $sln | |
| } | |
| New-Alias -Name vs -Value Open-VisualStudio -Scope Script |
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