Copies certain Options dialog box settings from a previous version of Visual Studio .NET to a more recently installed version.
Remarks
Displays the Migrate Options dialog box when the integrated development environment (IDE) loads.
The following options are migrated:
| Settings | Location |
| Fonts and Colors | Fonts and Colors, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Documents defaults | Documents, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Project defaults | Projects and Solutions, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Custom shortcut keys | Keyboard, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Source Control | Source Control, Options Dialog Box |
| Web project | Web Settings, Projects, Options Dialog Box |
| Visual Basic Project | VB Defaults, Projects, Options Dialog Box |
| HTML Designer | HTML Designer, Options Dialog Box |
| CSS Editor | CSS, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box |
| C# | C#, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box |
| C++ Editor Services | C/C++, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box |
| Visual J# | Visual J#, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box |
| Debugging | Debugging, Options Dialog Box |
| Windows Forms Designer | Windows Forms Designer, Options Dialog Box |
The following options are not migrated:
- Macros
- Add-ins
- Command bars and customizations
- Toolbox controls or view state
- Help options
Example
Copies the existing setting to the newer version of Visual Studio .NET and loads the IDE.
See Also
Devenv Command Line Switches | Migrate Options Dialog Box