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HOWTO: Add a custom assembly to the Add References dialog of Visual Studio macros editor

Author: Carlos J. Quintero (Microsoft MVP) Applies to: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002
Date: February 2007   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
Updated: March 2013   Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
      Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
      Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Introduction

When you use the Visual Studio macros editor and right-click the "Add Reference..." context menu of the "References" node of the Project Explorer, the Add Reference dialog has a ".NET" tab with .NET assemblies to be references, but it does not have a "Browse" button or tab to select a custom assembly.

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To make your custom assembly to appear in the ".NET" tab of the Add Reference dialog, you have to copy it to the following folder of Visual Studio:

  • Visual Studio .NET 2002: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
  • Visual Studio .NET 2003: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
  • Visual Studio 2005: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
  • Visual Studio 2008: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
  • Visual Studio 2010: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies

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