Show only latest VS, VC prompts by default

src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/BaseVisualStudioGenerator.cpp

@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ void BaseVisualStudioGenerator::GenerateProfiles(std::vector<winrt::com_ptr<impl
 {
     // There's no point in enumerating valid Visual Studio instances more than once,
     // so cache them for use by both Visual Studio profile generators.
-    static const auto instances = VsSetupConfiguration::QueryInstances();
+    static auto instances = VsSetupConfiguration::QueryInstances();
 
-    for (auto const& instance : instances)
+    // Sort instances based on version and install date.
+    std::sort(instances.begin(), instances.end(), BaseVisualStudioGenerator::Compare);
+
+    // Iterate through instances from newest to oldest.
+    bool latest = true;
+    for (auto it = instances.rbegin(); it != instances.rend(); it++)
     {
+        auto const& instance = *it;
+
         try
         {
             if (!IsInstanceValid(instance))
@@ -29,8 +36,24 @@ void BaseVisualStudioGenerator::GenerateProfiles(std::vector<winrt::com_ptr<impl
             profile->Commandline(winrt::hstring{ GetProfileCommandLine(instance) });
             profile->StartingDirectory(winrt::hstring{ instance.GetInstallationPath() });
             profile->Icon(winrt::hstring{ GetProfileIconPath() });
+            profile->Hidden(!latest);
             profiles.emplace_back(std::move(profile));
+
+            latest = false;
         }
         CATCH_LOG();
     }
 }
+
+bool BaseVisualStudioGenerator::Compare(const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& a, const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& b)
+{
+    auto const aVersion = a.GetComparableVersion();
+    auto const bVersion = b.GetComparableVersion();
+
+    if (aVersion == bVersion)
+    {
+        return a.GetComparableInstallDate() < b.GetComparableInstallDate();
+    }
+
+    return aVersion < bVersion;
+}

src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/BaseVisualStudioGenerator.h

@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
         virtual std::wstring GetProfileCommandLine(const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& instance) const = 0;
         virtual std::wstring GetProfileGuidSeed(const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& instance) const = 0;
         virtual std::wstring GetProfileIconPath() const = 0;
+
+    private:
+        static bool Compare(const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& a, const VsSetupConfiguration::VsSetupInstance& b);
     };
 };

src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/VsSetupConfiguration.cpp

@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ std::wstring VsSetupConfiguration::GetInstanceId(ISetupInstance* pInst)
     return bstrInstanceId.get();
 }
 
+unsigned long long VsSetupConfiguration::GetInstallDate(ISetupInstance* pInst)
+{
+    FILETIME ftInstallDate{ 0 };
+    THROW_IF_FAILED(pInst->GetInstallDate(&ftInstallDate));
+    return wil::filetime::to_int64(ftInstallDate);
+}
+
 std::wstring VsSetupConfiguration::GetStringProperty(ISetupPropertyStore* pProps, std::wstring_view name)
 {
     if (pProps == nullptr)

src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/VsSetupConfiguration.h

@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
     public:
         struct VsSetupInstance
         {
+            VsSetupInstance(VsSetupInstance&& other) :
+                query(std::move(other.query)),
+                inst(std::move(other.inst)),
+                profileNameSuffix(std::move(other.profileNameSuffix)),
+                installDate(other.installDate),
+                version(other.version)
+            {
+            }
+
             std::wstring ResolvePath(std::wstring_view relativePath) const
             {
                 return VsSetupConfiguration::ResolvePath(inst.get(), relativePath);
@@ -65,7 +74,17 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
 
             std::wstring GetVersion() const
             {
-                return GetInstallationVersion(inst.get());
+                return VsSetupConfiguration::GetInstallationVersion(inst.get());
+            }
+
+            unsigned long long GetComparableInstallDate() const
+            {
+                return installDate;
+            }
+
+            unsigned long long GetComparableVersion() const
+            {
+                return version;
             }
 
             std::wstring GetInstallationPath() const
@@ -116,13 +135,17 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
                 return profileNameSuffix;
             }
 
+            VsSetupInstance& operator=(VsSetupInstance&&) = default;
+
         private:
             friend class VsSetupConfiguration;
 
             VsSetupInstance(ComPtrSetupQuery pQuery, ComPtrSetupInstance pInstance) :
                 query(std::move(pQuery)),
                 inst(std::move(pInstance)),
-                profileNameSuffix(BuildProfileNameSuffix())
+                profileNameSuffix(BuildProfileNameSuffix()),
+                installDate(GetInstallDate()),
+                version(GetInstallationVersion())
             {
             }
 
@@ -131,6 +154,10 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
 
             std::wstring profileNameSuffix;
 
+            // Cache oft-accessed properties used in sorting.
+            unsigned long long installDate;
+            unsigned long long version;
+
             std::wstring BuildProfileNameSuffix() const
             {
                 ComPtrCatalogPropertyStore catalogProperties = GetCatalogPropertyStore();
@@ -167,6 +194,22 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
                 return GetVersion();
             }
 
+            unsigned long long GetInstallDate() const
+            {
+                return VsSetupConfiguration::GetInstallDate(inst.get());
+            }
+
+            unsigned long long GetInstallationVersion() const
+            {
+                const auto helper = wil::com_query<ISetupHelper>(query);
+
+                std::wstring versionString{ GetVersion() };
+                unsigned long long version{ 0 };
+
+                THROW_IF_FAILED(helper->ParseVersion(versionString.data(), &version));
+                return version;
+            }
+
             static std::wstring GetChannelNameSuffixTag(ISetupPropertyStore* instanceProperties)
             {
                 std::wstring tag;
@@ -229,6 +272,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Settings::Model
         static std::wstring GetInstallationVersion(ISetupInstance* pInst);
         static std::wstring GetInstallationPath(ISetupInstance* pInst);
         static std::wstring GetInstanceId(ISetupInstance* pInst);
+        static unsigned long long GetInstallDate(ISetupInstance* pInst);
         static std::wstring GetStringProperty(ISetupPropertyStore* pProps, std::wstring_view name);
     };
 };