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VSIX PowerToys

Windows Shell Extensions (and other utilities) to work with Visual Studio Extensions (vsix) files.

Features

Install into specific Hive

Installs the VSIX into a specified hive. If the VSIX is configured to be installed for all users, it will be installed into Common7\IDE\Extensions instead.

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Copy VSIX ID to Clipboard

Copies the VSIX manifest ID value to the clipboard.

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More PowerToys coming soon...

Installation

Grab the latest installer from the Releases page.

Note: Visual Studio 2015 Community or better is required to be installed on the machine.

This project uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects extension to create the MSI setup.

Acknowledgments

VSIX PowerToys is built using the excellent SharpShell library by Dave Kerr.

Bugs? Ideas? Comments?

Please feel free to report them!