Startup, Environment, Options Dialog Box

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Use this page to specify what content or user interface (UI), if any, is displayed when you start Visual Studio. To access this page, on the Tools menu, click Options, expand Environment, and then click Startup. If this page does not appear in the list in the Options dialog box, select Show all settings.

Note
The options available in dialog boxes, and the names and locations of menu commands you see, might differ from what is described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. This Help page was written with General Development settings in mind. To change your settings, on the Tools menu, click Import and Export Settings. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings.

At startup

You can specify what you want to view every time you start Visual Studio.

Start Page news channel

Specifies the RSS feed used to display content in the <product> News section of the Start Page.

Download content every <n> minutes

Specifies how often the IDE checks for new RSS feed content and product headlines for the Start Page. If this setting is not selected, RSS feed content and product headlines are not downloaded to the Start Page.

Customize Start Page

If you have custom Start Pages installed, you can specify which Start Page to load. The Customize Start Page dropdown list includes a (Default Start Page) entry to load the default Visual Studio Start Page, and an entry for each custom Start Page on your system.

Any .XAML file in your user start pages directory is considered a custom start page. For more information, see Custom Start Pages.