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How to change the version of Visual Studio when opening on github

I have both VS2015 and VS2017. When I choose "Open in Visual Studio" on GitHub I'd like to change it to use VS2017 instead of VS2015.

How can I do this?

Solution

  • Found the answer by a different question: Workaround for "Visual Studio Web Request handler could not be found" when using github?

    The solution is easy: just reassign the default handler for the git-client protocol. To do that, press the Windows-Key, enter "default apps" and select the settings page. Go down, select "Choose default apps by protocol" and look for "git-client". Click and select the Microsoft Visual Studio Web Protocol Handler Selector for VS2017.