You can customize Visual Studio in a myriad of ways. In this post I want to mention two handy settings you can make use of. Go to Tools/Options.
First option makes sure that you always get the latest version on check out, so that you don’t overwrite code you didn’t get the last version of. Select Source Control, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and check option Get latest version of item on check out.
Another handy option is that you select an item in the solution explorer when you have the tab with that item opened. In that way you can easily see where in the solution hierarchy the item is located. Go to Projects and Solutions, General and check option Track Active Item in Solution Explorer.
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