Find in Files slow in Visual Studio 2003
After installing Visual Studio 2003 in Vista, whenever I tired to do a search in files using the “Find in Files” dialog, Visual Studio would freeze each and every time without fail. The fix:
- Go to the directory where Visual Studio 2003 is installed.
- Inside the Common7 directory, right click on the devenv.exe and bring up the properties dialog.
- Click on the Compatibility tab. Turn ON the following options:
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- Run this program in compatibility mode. Select Windows XP (Service Pack 2) in the drop down.
- Disable visual themes.
- Disable desktop composition.
That should make the search function usable.