VS10 beta 1 - User extensions versus Trusted extensions
***Disclaimer: This information applies to Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 only.***
This post applies to the following Visual Studio 10 Beta 1 extensions:
- MEF component
- VSPackage
Visual Studio looks for extensions in the following folders:
- %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions (user extension)
- %VS10_Install_Dir%\Common7\IDE\Extensions (VS trusted extension)
- %VS10_Install_Dir%\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions (VS trusted extension)
Depending on where we deploy our extension, it will be an user extension or a VS trusted extension.
User extension
- It can be enabled / uninstalled from the extension manager window
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Visual Studio will only load the extension if it is enabled in the extension manager
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HKCU\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ExtensionManager\EnabledExtensions
VS trusted extension
- It cannot be enabled / uninstalled from the extension manager window
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Visual Studio will always load it
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