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Performance:

• Check Your Disk (Disk IO Massively Effects VS)

  • Disk Defragmentation
  • Clean Up Disk
  • Chkdsk (needs to happen on boot, takes time but worth it)

• Reset all settings

• Turn Off Previewing: Options -> Environments -> Tabs & Windows -> Preview Tab

  • Uncheck Allow New Files... (& all below it)
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12534694/visual-studio-2012-2013-single-click-opens-file

• Turn Off Hard Graphics Acceleration: Options -> Environments -> General ->

  • Uncheck Automatically Adjust visual experience (& all below it)

Links

• Resharper Perf: http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/NETCOM/Ultimate+Guide+to+Speeding+Up+ReSharper+(and+Visual+Studio)
• VS 2013 Perf: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20120705/visual-studio-2013-hangs-when-opening-a-solution

Navigation:

Links

• Solution Explorer Tips: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2012/06/21/visual-studio-2012-new-features-solution-explorer.aspx