Hi Alex,

If you are referring to adding an item under the external tools section of
the tools menu, the information is actually stored under the
HKCU\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\External Tools. There keys listed like
they're self explanatory. There isn't anything exposed from the VS
automation model, or VSIP SDK that'll automate adding items here though. So
you would need to just write the information to the registry.

The other option would be to build an addin that adds a named command to
the Tools menu. The extensibility wizard actually has an option that'll add
a named command to the Tools menu. But then you'd have to programatically
launch your tool from the addin's menu handler, and you wouldn't actually
be a participant in the External Tools section of the Tools menu.

Sincerely,
Ed Dore [MSFT]

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