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Like the title says, how do you create custom code snippets in Visual Studio 2008?

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See official write-up here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165392.aspx

curtisk
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This was just released too: http://codeplex.com/SnippetDesigner

John Sheehan
+8  A: 

The MSDN links are nice, but sometimes I prefer simple tutorials.

Nescio
+2  A: 

Tools->Code Snippets Manager

To get your list of directories. Select (or Add) My Code Snippets.

The snippets themselves have to be created as separate files with a .snippet extension.

Here is a tutorial on using and creating them: Code Snippets in Visual Studio

CMPalmer