To always open documents in full XAML view:

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

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”

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

devenv /resetuserdata

devenv /resetsettings

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

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

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

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

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

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

sc delete “ServiceName”

or

 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“

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

powercfg /hibernate on

* After running Disk Cleanup the Hibernate feature will be missing run the command above to re-enable it.