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How to make Visual Studio Run Faster

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  1. Make sure the latest service pack for Visual Studio is installed.
  2. Disable Navigation Bar – Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# or All Languages and uncheck Navigation bar.
  3. Turn off animations – Go to Tools > Options > Environment and uncheck Animate environment tools.
  4. Turn off Track Active Item – This will turn off jumping in the explorer whenever you select different files in different projects. Go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions and uncheck Track Active Item in Solution Explorer. This will ensure that if you are moving across files in different projects, the left pane will still be steady instead of jumping around.
  5. Turn off Track Changes – Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor and uncheck Track changes. This will reduce overhead and speeds up IDE response.
  6. Turn off HTML Validation – Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML > Validation and uncheck Show errors.
  7. Turn off Start Page – Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Startup and select Load last loaded solution from the At Startup dropdown. This simply makes Visual Studio load faster when opening the application.

NOTE:

Above settings have been used for Visual Studio 2005 specifically but should still be of benefit for earlier and later versions of Visual Studio.