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Can't find Register Entries for Visual Studio Experimental Instance

Every documentation from Visual Studio (2013, 15 17) says the Visual Studio Experimental Instance will have its own register entries in the Registry Editor under xxExp and xxExp_Config Keys.

I can't find those Keys/Folders under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Microsot/Visual Studio, but i know they exist as i can create/edit them using WritableSettingsStore.

Can someone tell me where they are?

Solution

  • Visual Studio now uses a private registry, which can be found at

    %localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_INSTANCE_IDExp\privateregistry.bin

    (Replace INSTANCE_ID by the VS instance ID)

    It can be loaded in regedit.exe, but it's not possible to edit the keys from there I think.