Tuesday 2 August 2016

How to open visual studio command prompt in visual studio

If you are unable to found developer command prompt in Windows 8 or 10 just do one thing.

In Visual studio from Menu Select "Tools", then Select "External Tools".

Enter as below:

  • Title: "Developer Tools - Command Prompt" would be good
  • Command: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  • Arguments: /k "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat"
  • Initial Directory: You can set any directory which you use regularly or set as %. 
  • Click OK. Now you have command prompt access under the Tools Menu.
  • Go to Tool > Developer Tools - Command Prompt.