Missing Commands in Visual Studio 2005

So for a little fun, the other day, I was checking out the Visual Studio 2005 Starter Kits. And I couldn't help but be impressed with the new *.VSI installer packages that provide automated Template setup for your local Visual Studio install.

I was so impressed actually, I wanted to learn how to make a VSI package myself. So I visited How to: Create Starter Kits.

As explained via the above link, a VSI package is quite simple to build - being just a specially crafted selection of files archived into a *.ZIP file, with the extension renamed to *.VSI so that Visual Studio recognizes it for special handling as a Template installer.

But what got me was, at one point in the tutorial of How to: Create Project Templates using the Export Template Wizard, it states:

Step 4. On the File menu, click Export Template. The Export Template wizard opens.

Well guess what? My Visual Studio 2005 Professional (final) didn't have that menu command - it was missing :-].

I'm just going like, WTF!? So I started searching about a bit, then it occured to me to check out the ever handy "Tools / Customize..." options in Visual Studio, like it exists in most Microsoft products.

And what do ya know, I found it hiding in the File group as it should be, so I just dragged it from the Customize dialog onto the File pull-down menu, and...

Voila, my missing menu command was where it should be (or there abouts).

Of course, now I'm wondering what other little gem of a command is hidden from me? The whole thing seems kinda strange, maybe it was something I did during install? I don't know...

Comments

[Mark]

Thanks to you and google! I was missing the command as well...

[EW]

Me too -- arrgh! Thank you for finding a fix for this little gremlin, I was starting to pull my hair out.

[Pascal]

Great tip -- that was it. Thanks

[Martin Bring (Sogeti Sverige AB)]

Thank you, was just wondering what VS all bloggers used.