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I have the following installed:

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Definitely Smart Paster

MaseBase
+3  A: 
  • Refactor! Pro
  • TestDriven.net
  • DPack
  • GhostDoc
  • AnkhSVN (replaces VisualSVN for me now)
Brad Wilson
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Visual Assist X

Sigh
+1  A: 

CodeRush with Refactor! Pro

http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/

urini
+1  A: 

Does F# class as a VS addin? :)

In all seriousness, ViEmu is the only addin I use.

OJ
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I use:

  • ReSharper
  • VisualSVN
  • TestDriven.net

If anyone knows of a good native C++ refactoring tool that doesn't bring the system to a standstill all the time, please post it. Refactor! Pro isn't bad by itself but I can't get it to play nicely with R#. I found Visual Assist too slow even when it's the only plug-in installed.

John Richardson
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Most important ones for me are

Fredrik Kalseth
+1  A: 

For Visual Studio 2008 I'd say PowerCommands is a must have.

I also use VisualSVN for source control.

Christian Hagelid
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I am totally addicted to all three, but if I really had to choose the most important one, I'd go with ReSharper.

Lars Mæhlum
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I agree with the R# comments and the agent smith plugin for that. It's not really a plugin, but VS without NUnit is like chocolate cake without icing!

KiwiBastard
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Comment and string spell checker from component one http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/IntelliSpell/. It's very fast and free!

John
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MZ-Tools

Scott Dorman
+1  A: 

This question covers around 30 add-ins that people disussed.

sontek
+1  A: 

Simple but useful string-> resource refactoring: http://resourcerefactoring.codeplex.com/

pn
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Currently I use Git-Extensions, and before, i had been using AnkhSvn

Jhonny D. Cano -Leftware-
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Metalscroll

An alternative for RockScroll. It fixes a few annoying issues such as region support.

nivlam
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See CodeHelper
http://www.bluemusa.com/codehelper/codehelper.htm

rafaelsr