How do I change my development environment to a different language in Visual Studio?

Question

When I first installed Visual Studio, I chose to customize my environment for \"Visual C++\" development. Now, I am working primarily in C# and want to change this setting t

Answer 1

Tools → Import and Export Settings → Import Selected Environment Settings...

A dialog will appear, prompting you whether or not you want to save your current settings. If you've made extensive customizations and might want to go back to them at a later date, you should choose to save them.

Then click "Next". You'll be prompted to import a set of environment settings. At the top will be the default environment settings options, customized for each language. In your case, you'd choose C#.

If you wanted to re-import your saved settings, you'd do it the same way—just browse to the saved settings file in the final step of the wizard.

Answer 2

You could also reset all of the settings from the command line:

devenv /resetsettings

And then choose all over again when prompted.

Note: I prefer "General Developer Settings" if you are going to do development in different technology areas (C++, C#, VB, etc.).