SubScript/SuperScripts in XAML Textblock

Aftershock — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:11:12 +0000

“m³″: “m³”
“H₂O”: “H₂O”
“eⁿ”: “eⁿ”
Here is a great answer on how to do this: http://forums.silverlight.net/t/64169.aspx/1

Open documents in full XAML view

Aftershock — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:04:28 +0000

To always open documents in full XAML view:

Tools>Options then Text Editor>XAML>Miscellaneous and select “Always open documents in full XAML view”

Turn off Automatic code collapse in VS 2010 for C#

Aftershock — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:37:23 +0000

Outlining is the feature that collapses code into programmer defined regions, to turn it off go to:

Tools/Options/Text Editor/C#/Advanced

Clear the checkbox “Enter outlining mode when files open”

Reset VS 2010 Settings

Aftershock — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:19:23 +0000

To reset the Visual Studio 2010 setting use the Visual Studio Command Prompt to run the following commands:

devenv /resetuserdata

devenv /resetsettings

Choose Items… in Visual Studio 2008 causes crash

Aftershock — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:15:16 +0000

When I try to add items to the toolbox using the Choose Items option VS crashes.

To fix the problem I had to run the following commands from the Command Prompt:

devenv /setup
devenv /resetuserdata
devenv /resetsettings CSharp

How to create space on a full disk

Aftershock — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:25:20 +0000

The WER ReportQueue can be taking a ton of space that can be freed up. In Windows 2008 Server browse to c:\programdata\microsoft\windows\wer\reportqueue

Delete this directory, freed up over 8 GIG on my box.

Next to turn this reproting off do the following:

Control Panel
Problem Reports and Solutions
Change Settings
Advanced Settings
Disable Windows Error Reporting

Convert string to DateTime

Aftershock — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:10:16 +0000

The line below will convert the string into a DateTime in C#:

DateTime startDate = DateTime.Parse( “01/01/2009″);

Virtual PC Shortcuts

Aftershock — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:57:26 +0000

All of these keys use the right Alt key:

Alt + Delete - Ctrl + Alt + Delete
Alt + Enter - Toggles between full-screen and window mode
Alt + R - Resets the virtual machine
Alt + F4 - Closes the virtual machine
Alt + P - Pauses/Resumes the virtual machine
Alt + E - Open virtual machine settings
Alt + Down Arrow - Minimize the virtual machine
Alt + Right or Left Arrow - Toggle between virtual machines

Register and Unregister a Windows service in XP

Aftershock — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:45:21 +0000

To unregister a service in XP use the following in a Visual Studio command prompt:

sc delete “ServiceName”

InstallUtil /u “ServiceName“ works better.

To Register a Windows service in XP:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\InstallUtil.exe /i “Path to exe.exe“

The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase

Aftershock — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:33:17 +0000

Usually occurs after IIS is installed after the .NET Framework.

At a command prompt navigate to ~\Windows.Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 and run the following command:

aspnet_regiis -i