Disabling default XML Schemas in Visual Studio?

Question

I have recently started using CAML.NET IntelliSense for SharePoint with Visual Studio 2008; which works great; however whenever I create a new project using STSDev 2008 (and thus generate feature.xml and WebParts.xml) the default schemas include the CAML.NET IntelliSense and the built-in (relatively incomplete) schemas:

• caml.xsd
• wss.xsd
• coredefinitions.xsd
• camlview.xsd

All found in web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML. The existence of both of these schemas for the file causes a large number of warnings, notifying me that a specific schema entry is already declared in one of the above files. Disabling them for each file individually works great, however in a SharePoint solution whit 40 or 50 XML files this quickly becomes laborious.

Is it possible to disable these built-in Schemas, selecting "Do not use selected schemas" does not work for future XML files only the current one?

Answer 1

Well, if you really don't want them - you could remove the schemas from the xsd path (%VsInstallDir%\xml\Schemas) - and perhaps disable download (Options->TextEditor->Xml->Miscellaneous). My machine isn't in a suitable state to try it, but it should work in theory...