Question

Making a new class in VS10 gives me

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Foo
{
    class Bar
    {
    }
}

Is it possible to setup VS10 so I get this instead?

namespace Foo
{
    public class Bar
    {
    }
}

Answer 1

Yes, you can modify it. See this article for a decent walk-through.

Here’s a snip-it from the article that explains where to find the template:

Step One – find the template

Visual Studio 2010

64 bit:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Class.zip

32 bit:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Class.zip

Step Two – modify the template

Extract the zip file.

Using a text editor, open the Class.cs file.

Save the file.

Rebuild the zip file with the new Class.cs. Be careful to build the
zip file correctly.

Copy the new zip file back here and overwrite the existing one

Step Three – update VS

Open a command prompt as Administrator.

Change to the appropriate directory and run command:

devenv.exe /installvstemplates