Valeriu Caraulean

Just finished a big refactoring which led to deletion of a bunch of files. Our large solution is under Subversion, so the process of deleting a file looked like:

• search with Resharper if class is not used anymore
• locate it in windows explorer
• delete file with TortoiseSVN
• finally, come back to Visual Studio and delete file from solution.

Huh! Not simple, not fast. No surprise, that longest operation was locating file in Windows explorer. But I way lucky enough to remember that I had installed a small but very helpful add-in – CoolCommands 4.0. One of his really cool commands is that from a opened file’s context menu you can “Open containing folder” that not only opens right folder, but also highlights the file. Cool, no?

This is  the case when having right tools around and using them can save you enough time to write a small blog post make you more productive developer.

Unfortunately, CoolCommands doesn’t have a dedicated site and last place where you can find a download link is comments for this post on Gaston’s Milano blog. Direct link to download latest version – CoolCommands 4.0.

And, as a follow up, a list of “cool commands”:

• Collapse all projects
• Command prompt here
• Open project folder
• Demo font
• Send by email
• Copy reference
• Add as string resource
• Visual Studio Prompt Here
• Copy Reference.
• Locate in solution explorer.

And a picture to help explain how you can find the commands:

I like the tools like this. They make you go faster, feel smarter and program better. Enjoy!