| description | Imports, exports, or resets Visual Studio settings. vssettings file extension | ||
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| title | Import and Export Settings command | ||
| ms.date | 05/28/2021 | ||
| ms.topic | reference | ||
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| author | RoseHJM | ||
| ms.author | rosemalcolm | ||
| ms.subservice | general-ide |
Imports, exports, or resets Visual Studio settings file, .vssettings.
The file’s schema is open. Most commonly, the schema follows an XML structure where each category is a tag, which can itself contain subcategory tags. These subcategory tags can contain property value tags. While most packages use the common structure, any package in Visual Studio can contribute arbitrary XML to the file with the schema it chooses.
Tools.ImportandExportSettings [/export:filename | /import:filename | /reset]/export:filename
Optional. Exports the current settings to the specified file.
/import:filename
Optional. Imports the settings in the specified file.
/reset
Optional. Resets the current settings.
Running this command with no switches opens the Import and Export Settings wizard. For more information, see Synchronize your settings and Environment settings.
The following command exports the current settings to the file MyFile.vssettings:
Tools.ImportandExportSettings /export:"c:\Files\MyFile.vssettings"