Visual Studio Commands with Arguments

Commands that accept arguments allow you to bypass the user interface for a command, such as a dialog box, completely. Only a select group of commands accept arguments and/or switches.

Command Name	Description
Add Existing Item	Adds an existing file to the current solution and opens it.
Add Existing Project	Adds an existing project to the current solution.
Add New Item	Adds a new solution item, such as an .htm, .css, .txt, or frameset to the current solution and opens it.
Alias	Creates a new alias for a complete command, complete command and arguments, or even another alias.
Evaluate Statement	Evaluates and displays the given statement.
Find	Searches files using a subset of the options available on the Quick Find, Find and Replace Window.
Find in Files	Searches files using a subset of the options available on the Find in Files, Find and Replace Window.
Find Symbol	Searches for an object in the type library, setting search options or using the options currently set in the Find Symbol, Find and Replace Window.
Go To	Moves the cursor to the specified line.
List Call Stack	Displays the current call stack.
List Disassembly	Begins the debug process and allows you to specify how errors are handled.
List Memory	Displays the contents of the specified range of memory.
List Modules	Lists the modules for the current process.
List Registers	Displays a list of registers.
List Source	Displays the specified lines of source code.
List Threads	Displays a list of the threads in the current program.
Log Command Window Output	Copies all input and output from the Command window into a file.
New File	Creates a new file and adds it to the currently selected project.
Open File	Opens an existing file and allows you to specify an editor.
Open Project	Opens an existing project and allows you to add the project to the current solution.
Open Solution	Opens an existing solution.
Print	Evaluates the expression and displays the results or the specified text.
Quick Watch Command	Displays the selected or specified text in the Expression field of the Quick Watch dialog box.
Replace	Replaces text in files using a subset of the options available on the Quick Replace, Find and Replace Window.
Replace in Files	Replaces text in files using a subset of the options available in the Replace in Files, Find and Replace Window.
Set Current Stack Frame	Allows you to view a particular stack frame.
Set Current Thread	Allows you to view a particular thread.
Set Radix	Determines the number of bytes to view.
Shell	Launches programs from within Visual Studio as though the command has been executed from the command prompt.
ShowWebBrowser Command	Displays the URL you specify in a Web browser window either within the integrated development environment (IDE) or external to the IDE.
Start	Begins the debug process and allows you to specify how errors are handled.
Symbol Path	Sets the list of directories for the debugger to search for symbols.
Toggle Breakpoint	Turns the breakpoint either on or off, depending on its current state, at the current location in the file.
WatchN Command	Creates and opens a specified instance of a Watch window.

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Reference

Command Window

Find/Command Box

Predefined Visual Studio Command Aliases