---
title: "A Quick VS.NET Tweak"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/4/29/a-quick-vsnet-tweak.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/4/29/a-quick-vsnet-tweak.html"
published: "2003-04-29T20:14:00"
updated: "2003-04-29T20:14:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Don points a way to make VS.NET associated files load into the open instance of VS.NET instead of spawning a new instance every time thus saving precious load times. Sweet. Cumbersome, but sweet :) I should figure out a…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# A Quick VS.NET Tweak

By Roy Osherove April 29, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 29, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Don [points a way](http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/spoutletex.aspx?key=2003-04-25T06:03:43Z) to make VS.NET associated files load into the open instance of VS.NET instead of spawning a new instance every time thus saving precious load times.

Sweet. Cumbersome, but sweet :) I should figure out a small GUI to handle these small changes... shouldn't I?

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