I want a shortcut to appear in the VS 2008 toolbar when I install my application

Question

I want a shortcut to appear automatically in the VS 2008 toolbar when I install my application. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You can write a Visual Studio Addin that adds a toolbar to the Visual Studio IDE.

Answer 2

This MSDN article might help:

Displaying Add-ins on Toolbars and Menus

Answer 3

There are so many different ways to do it - you will have to be more specific.

You can register your utility as an external tool - no programming involved. You can do an add-in or a command on any number of context or main menus, etc. Here is a good starting point