How can I search in Visual Studio and get it to ignore what is commented out?

Question

I am refactoring a C++ codebase in Visual Studio 2005. I\'m about half way through this process now and I\'ve commented out a lot of old code and replaced or moved it. Now I\'

Answer 1

Better use \s I think. ^(?![\s]*//).*your_search_term

Answer 2

delete the commented out code, it is in source control right? there is no need to keep it in the file as well.