Years ago, using VS2005, I had a setup where I could right-click on the desktop/folder, select New, select Visual Studio 2005 solution and it would create a solution for me right there. I can't remember how I did this.
Does something like this exist for VS2008 or VS2010? It would be really handy.
EDIT: Figured it out based on the links in the answers (and also found an old email to myself).
1. Create a registry file (.reg) with the following content, then execute it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sln\ShellNew] "FileName"="Visual Studio Solution.sln"
2. Create a new file called
Visual Studio Solution.sln in
C:\Windows\ShellNew folder with the following content:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00 # Visual Studio 2008 Global GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution HideSolutionNode = FALSE EndGlobalSection EndGlobal