Simple Visual Studio launcher designed to work with RepoZ or GitHub Desktop
- Open a solution file from the specified directory in Visual Studio
- Open a project file from the specified directory in Visual Studio
- Open the specified directory in Visual Studio
VSLauncher.exe <directory> [options]
| Name | Parameter | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory | yes | D:\Repos\VSLauncher | Directory in which to open solution/project/directory | |
| Version | --vs-version, -v | no | 2017, 2019, 2022 | The version of Visual Studio to launch |
| Prerelease | --prerelease, -p | no | The release channel of Visual Studio to launch | |
| Interactive | --interactive, -i | no | Interactively choose which version of Visual Studio to launch | |
| Recursive | --recursive, -r | no | Recursively search for a solution or project in the given directory and its children | |
| Help | --help, -h, -? | no | Show help |
To use VSLauncher to quickly open a Visual Studio solution using RepoZ edit the RepositoryActions.json file, by adding the following json block to the repository-actions array
{
"name": "{OpenIn} Visual Studio",
"executables": [ '<path to VSLauncher>/VSLauncher.exe' ],
"arguments": '"{Repository.SafePath}"',
"active": "true"
},
No permissions to run an unsigned executable? You can setup a basic version of VSLauncher using Powershell
{
"name": "{OpenIn} Visual Studio",
"command": 'pwsh',
"arguments": '-workingdirectory "{Repository.SafePath}" -command "Join-Path -Path . -ChildPath *.sln | Invoke-Item"',
"active": "true"
},
Read more about custom repository actions at the RepoZ Community Repository Actions GitHub.