How to open multiple solutions in VS2005 IDE?

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Peter - 30 Aug 2007 18:36 GMT

I want to able to open multiple solutions in VS2005 IDE. Currently, I can
only open 1 solution in one instance of VS2005. If I try to open another
project/solution, it will close the current one.

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PvdG42 - 01 Sep 2007 01:12 GMT

>I want to able to open multiple solutions in VS2005 IDE. Currently, I can
> only open 1 solution in one instance of VS2005. If I try to open another
> project/solution, it will close the current one.

I believe that is design behavior. If you want access to multiple entities,
you need to place multiple projects in a single solution.

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Scott M. - 01 Sep 2007 19:36 GMT

Correct. You can only have one solution open at a time. The whole point of
solutions is to give developers a way to work with multiple projects
(applications) simulatneously. So, if you need to work with more than one
project, just open one project and then choose to add an existing project to
the current solution.

-Scott

>>I want to able to open multiple solutions in VS2005 IDE. Currently, I can
>> only open 1 solution in one instance of VS2005. If I try to open another
>> project/solution, it will close the current one.
>
> I believe that is design behavior. If you want access to multiple
> entities, you need to place multiple projects in a single solution.

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Matt F - 07 Sep 2007 00:35 GMT

Another option if you really want to work with multiple solutions for some
reason is to open a second instance of VS.

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Scott M. - 07 Sep 2007 22:31 GMT

> Another option if you really want to work with multiple solutions for some
> reason is to open a second instance of VS.

This will work without problems *IF* your got lots of RAM. If not, don't
try!

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LesSmith - 20 Sep 2007 18:28 GMT

On a regular basis, I may have 3-5 IDEs open for VS2005 and VS2003, i.e.,
6-10 instances of the IDE. That's how much multi-tasking I have to do where
I contract. But, I have a true dual processor lapttop with 2gb of ram.

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> > Another option if you really want to work with multiple solutions for some
> > reason is to open a second instance of VS.
>
> This will work without problems *IF* your got lots of RAM. If not, don't
> try!

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