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Asked: 2026-05-17T19:48:42+00:00

The MSDN help isn’t very helpful in that its startup time is long and

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The MSDN help isn’t very helpful in that its startup time is long and that it quite often doesn’t get you to the correct help file. I always end up opening MSDN in a browser instead. Is there some customization for Visual Studio 2008 that opens MSDN Help in a browser when hitting F1?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Two suggestions:

    1: Remove the default key-binding for F1, via Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard > Help.F1Help

    Then write a little macro (different ways to do this of course), to start your browser with a default URL e.g.

    Sub OpenChromeWithURL()
Dim url As String = "http://msdn.microsoft.com"

'launch browser
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + "\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", url)
End Sub

    To this macro you can now assign a keyboard shortcut as described before. Go to Tools > Options > Evnironment >Keyboard. Look for Macro.OpenChromeWithURL and assign a shortcut key to your Macro. An explanation on how to assign a shortcut key you can find here: How to map a Visual Studio macro to a keyboard shortcut?

    2: Download the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

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