IDE GUIDs
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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The VSConstants class publishes GUIDs of some parts of the integrated development environment (IDE) as listed in the table below.
Core systems
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| HtmDocData_guid | 62C81794-A9EC-11D0-8198-00A0C91BBEE3 |
| HtmlEditorPackage_guid | 1B437D20-F8FE-11D2-A6AE-00104BCC7269 |
| HtmlLanguageService_guid | 58E975A0-F8FE-11D2-A6AE-00104BCC7269 |
| MiscellaneousFilesProject_guid | A2FE74E1-B743-11d0-AE1A-00A0C90FFFC3 |
| SolutionItemsProject_guid | D1DCDB85-C5E8-11d2-BFCA-00C04F990235 |
| VsEnvironmentPackage_guid | DA9FB551-C724-11d0-AE1F-00A0C90FFFC3 |
| HtmlEditor_guid | C76D83F8-A489-11D0-8195-00A0C91BBEE3 |
| TextEditor_guid | 8B382828-6202-11d1-8870-0000F87579D2 |
Broadly visible components
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| VsUIHierarchyWindow_guid | 7D960B07-7AF8-11D0-8E5E-00A0C911005A |
| ExternalEditor_guid | 8137C9E8-35FE-4AF2-87B0-DE3C45F395FD |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.SID_SUIHostCommandDispatcher | e69cd190-1276-11d1-9f64-00a0c911004f |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.SID_SVsGeneralOutputWindowPane | 65482c72-defa-41b7-902c-11c091889c83 |
Files, virtual and physical folders and subProjects
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| PhysicalFile_guid | 6bb5f8ee-4483-11d3-8bcf-00c04f8ec28c |
| PhysicalFolder_guid | 6bb5f8ef-4483-11d3-8bcf-00c04f8ec28c |
| SubProject_guid | EA6618E8-6E24-4528-94BE-6889FE16485C |
| VirtualFolder_guid | 6bb5f8f0-4483-11d3-8bcf-00c04f8ec28c |
UI contexts
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| CodeWindow_guid | 8fe2df1d-e0da-4ebe-9d5c-415d40e487b5 |
| Debugging_guid | adfc4e61-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| DesignMode_guid | adfc4e63-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| Dragging_guid | b706f393-2e5b-49e7-9e2e-b1825f639b63 |
| EmptySolution_guid | adfc4e65-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| FullScreenMode_guid | adfc4e62-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| NoSolution_guid | adfc4e64-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| SolutionBuilding_guid | adfc4e60-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| SolutionExists_guid | f1536ef8-92ec-443c-9ed7-fdadf150da82 |
| SolutionHasMultipleProjects_guid | 93694fa0-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
| SolutionHasSingleProject_guid | adfc4e66-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f |
Output pane
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| BuildOutputPane_guid | 1BD8A850-02D1-11D1-BEE7-00A0C913D1F8 |
| DebugPane_guid | FC076020-078A-11D1-A7DF-00A0C9110051 |
| GeneralPane_guid | 3C24D581-5591-4884-A571-9FE89915CD64 |
| SortedBuildOutputPane_guid | 2032B126-7C8D-48AD-8026-0E0348004FC0 |
| StoreValidationPane_guid | 54065C74-1B11-4249-9EA7-5540D1A6D528 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.SID_SVsGeneralOutputWindowPane | 65482c72-defa-41b7-902c-11c091889c83 |
Command sets and properties
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_VSStandardCommandSet97 | 5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_VsUIHierarchyWindowCmds> | 60481700-078b-11d1-aaf8-00a0c9055a90 |
IUnknown
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| IID_IUnknown | 00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046 |
Task list GUIDs
| Constant | GUID |
|---|---|
| All | 1880202e-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| CheckedTasks | 18802036-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| CommentTasks | 18802034-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| CompilerTasks | 18802033-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| CurrentFileTasks | 18802035-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| HTMLTasks | 36ac1c0d-fe86-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| ShortcutTasks | 18802030-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| UncheckedTasks | 18802037-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| UserTasks | 1880202f-fc20-11d2-8bb1-00c04f8ec28c |
| VsTaskList_guid | BC5955D5-aa0d-11d0-a8c5-00a0c921a4d2 |
| VsTaskListPackage_guid | 4A9B7E50-aa16-11d0-a8c5-00a0c921a4d2 |
Component selector page GUIDs
| Constants | GUID |
|---|---|
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_COMClassicPage | 9A341D96-5A64-11d3-BFF9-00C04F990235 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_COMPlusPage | 9A341D95-5A64-11d3-BFF9-00C04F990235 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_SolutionPage | 9A341D97-5A64-11d3-BFF9-00C04F990235 |
Miscellaneous shell GUIDs
| Constants | GUID |
|---|---|
| VsCfgProviderEventsHelper_guid | 99913f1f-1ee3-11d1-8a6e-00c04f682e21 |
| VsDocOutlinePackage_guid | 21af45b0-ffa5-11d0-b63f-00a0c922e851 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.SID_SVsToolboxActiveXDataProvider | 35222106-bb44-11d0-8c46-00c04fc2aae2 |