Can I change the default modifier from Friend to Private in the Windows Forms designer in VS 2008?

Question

When I develop a Windows Forms app in Visual Studio using C#, every control that I add to my form is by default marked as private, which is what I

Answer 1

Annoying, isn't it.

What I usually do is when the form is stable, I replace Friend WithEvents to Private then add WithEvents to the controls that have Handles clauses.

Yes, you would think there was a setting, but I never found it.

Answer 2

This was suggested to Microsoft, but they chose not to fix it.

[Sorry, posting this as an answer because I don't have enough points to add comments.]