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Is there a way to make the legacy RESX editor the default in Visual Studio?


Visual Studio recently added a new "Resource Explorer" view as the default for opening up .RESX files. I actually prefer the older, simpler legacy RESX editor view

I expected this to be an option that I could turn on or off. But I don't see a checkbox for it in the "Preview Features" section. It's just the default every time I double click. Is there any way I can make the older one the default?

Right now the only way I can use the older view is to remember to right-click each time I want to open it up and choose "Open With", then "Managed Resources Editor (Legacy)" I can live with that but it would be nice to not have to do this.


Solution

  • Is there a way to make the legacy RESX editor the default in Visual Studio?

    Yes, you may use the legacy Managed Resource Editor experience through right clicking on a .resx (or .resw) file then Open With | Managed Resource Editor(Legacy) and click Set as Default.

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