Tag / Visual Studio

by Aaron

Customize the External VS Code Console

I have Visual Studio 2015 installed and when I launch a command prompt on Windows, it’s generally the Visual Studio 2015 Developer Command prompt (in fact, I have it pinned to my Windows 10 task bar).

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On Windows, using Visual Studio Code 1.7+, pressing SHIFT+CTRL+C opens a Windows Command prompt from the root directory of your opened folder. It’s super useful.

I wanted the Developer Command prompt to open instead of a standard command prompt.

To change that, open the User Settings:

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Add the following:

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"

Of course, you can use other batch or command files to customize the prompt. I just wanted all of the standard developer tools I have installed to be available.

by Aaron

Windows 8 IIS Express with Windows Authentication Prompts for Credentials

If you’re seeing a credentials prompt every time you launch a local IIS or IIS Express web application that requires Windows Authentication, you’ll likely grow as tired of typing in your password as I was. To add to the annoyance, the Remember my credentials checkbox doesn’t work (nothing is saved).

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The setup:

  • Windows 8
  • Visual Studio 2012, .NET 4.5,
  • ASP.NET MVC web application
  • Non domain-joined computer (it’s on my home network)
  • Using a Microsoft account (FKA Live ID) as the local account
  • Using IIS Express/IIS
  • Windows Authentication Enabled
  • Anonymous Logon Disabled
<system.webServer>
    <security>
        <authentication>
            <windowsAuthentication enabled="true" />
            <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" />
        </authentication>
    </security>
</system.webServer>

While there are a few proposed solutions, this is the only one that worked for me so far.

  1. Start Internet Explorer
  2. Click the settings Menu
  3. Select Internet options
  4. Click the Security tab
  5. Select Local intranet
  6. Click Sites
  7. Click Advanced
  8. Add http://localhost to the Local intranet zone
  9. Close.
  10. Verify it’s now working.

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Done.

Alternatives welcomed. :)