[# VS2010] HowTo: Install a VSIX package without using the installer

Hi,

When these as I got in a series of test program software (Windows 8, Visual Studio 11, brand new Office, etc.) It is very likely that simplest things don’t work you. In my case I’m about Visual Studio 2010extensions installers. For example, if I am under Vs AnywhereInstaller, when attempting to install it gives me a very moviditos and interesting colors errors Risa

So good,

How do I install a package VSIX, in this case an extension without installing it?

Very easy. A VSIX package is neither more nor less than a ZIP (like everything else in the world.)(Net), so the first thing we must do is unzip it. Once decompressed will see that we are inside a series of files that are those who identify the package (more info in another post) and NO DEBEMOS play these files!

Which demos do is copy the directory we have decompressed from the.VSIX.ZIP to the directory of Visual Studio 2010extensions. For this example will copy it to the Visual Studio 2010working directory, this means that it will be available for all users of the computer to use VS2010. It is also possible to copy it to the directory of user of VS2010.

According to whether you work with x 86 or x 64 directory is as follows: