Can't see changes in Visual Studio Add-in after rebuild

Question

I am making an Add in for Visual Studio. Every time a change something in the code or design, I have to restart Visual Studio in order to see changes from Tools -> My_Add_In. I try to rebuild a project and still can't see changes without restarting. Is it a way to run my add in without restarting VS?

Answer 1

hi,

if you used the addin wizard the plugin will be started from the "MyAddin1-For Testing.Addin" file. It is located in the plugin folder. So "Start Debugging" will open a new Visual Studio instance and load the plugin. If you now close both Visual Studio windows, and open it again your plugin will be loaded in the VS instance you use for coding. So you should rename the MyAddin1-For Testing.Addin if you start the the VS instance you use for coding. After that rename it back.