Sit back and relax, the download will take a while. This is not apparent from several samples I have seen. NOTE: In order to add multiple workloads and/or components in a single command, you need to put -add in front of every workload component. \offline -lang en-US -includeRecommended -includeOptional -add -add -add -add -add -add -add -add -add .CodedUITest -add .Core -add .FeedbackClient -add .MicrosoftTestManager -add .WebLoadTest -add .2.0
I create the offline layout in a subfolder of my current directory called “offline.” Naming does not matter in this case.
This is optional but considering you’ll be re-using this command every time you want to update your offline layout, this is a good idea. What I did, as you’ll see from the command below, is getting the workloads I need, including all recommended and optional components and then added a few extra components. I am not going to take up space in this post listing the components I install. You will find the complete list of workloads and component IDs at. That’s still a hefty download but it saves a little space at least. I only download those that I will actually install.
The Visual Studio IDE has an outstanding and feature-rich editor for a wide range of file types, even in the free "Community" editions, which can be overridden to open a third-party application.
The quantity is configurable in Tools > Options. Warning if attempting to open a large quantity of artefacts. Option to supress the warning message if attempting to open a file whose extension is not typically associated with Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition. The list of typical file extensions is configurable in Tools > Options. Warning if attempting to open one or more file types whose extension is not typically associated with Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition. Open multiple files and/or folders simultaneously in Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition.
Similar "Open In" VS extensions can be found here.
Open multiple files and/or folders simultaneously in Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition directly from Visual Studio's Code Editor window and / or Solution Explorer.