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Asked: 2026-05-17T18:27:21+00:00

We use Visual Studio 2008/2010 and Team Foundation Server here at work. Sometimes I

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We use Visual Studio 2008/2010 and Team Foundation Server here at work. Sometimes I want to just use the Source Control Explorer. Is there a way to have Visual Studio launch and automatically open Source Control Explorer? I’m thinking ideally of having a shortcut on my taskbar or desktop that does this automatically.

And yes, I do know that if the Source Control Explorer window was open the last time I shut down Visual Studio it will open up, but I am wanting to always go straight to Source Control Explorer even if I had closed that window previously.

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  1. Editorial Team

    OK, I figured it out – Source Control Explorer is available in the Visual Studio IDE as a command (View.TfsSourceControlExplorer), and the Visual Studio executable (devenv.exe) provides the /Command argument to execute a command after the IDE starts up. In my case, I have created a desktop shortcut with the following command line:

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" 
         /Command View.TfsSourceControlExplorer

    NOTE: if you really want this to load fast and don’t need any other addins (in my case ReSharper and .NET Reflector Pro) then you can also add the /SafeMode argument to the command line.

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