Visual Studio Environment Tuning, Tweak Debug and Build Settings to speed up Dev

Found this very helpful, especially if ur stuck on some VS 2010 projects like I am:
Slash Compile Times!

Here are a few more notes:
Added some other tune items found on : geocortex here and a few other places

More refs for VS 2010 HELL:
Compilation:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/280751/what-is-the-best-practice-for-copy-local-and-with-project-references

Add
  <compilation ... batch="false"  optimizeCompilations="true"  />

 modifying your symbol settings.
uncheck  "Only Build startup projects and dependencies on Run" checkbox in Tools\Options.

Overall Performance
Disable Track Changes. (Tools\Options\Text Editor\General\Track changes)

Disable Navigation Bar (Tools\Options\Text Editor\C#)

Disable "Track Active Item in Solution Explorer" (Tools\Options\Projects and Solutions)

Disable Detect when file is changed outside the environment

(Tools\Options\Environment \Documents)


DEBUGGING:
an disable it by setting the environment variable _NO_DEBUG_HEAP to 1. You can set it at the system level: Control Panel ? System ? Advanced system settings ? Environment Variables.

VIA:
http://preshing.com/20110717/the-windows-heap-is-slow-when-launched-from-the-debugger/


temp Files:
Delete: C:\Users\krintoul\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebSiteCache

and

C:\Users\krintoul\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\siteName

disable Edit & Continue option.. Tools -> Options -> Debugging -> Edit & Continue

Go to OPTIONS>ENVIRONMENT..under Visual Experience, untick “Use Hardware Graphics Acceleration If Available” for some weird reason your dev environment should loosen / speed straight up. Works on all our boxes

Disable Addins:
Goto Tools>Options>Environment>Add In Security
You will see a checkbox with “allow add in components to load” .Just uncheck it. Restart the IDE and check the lightning speed of the IDE now…


Web Debug:
Switching from Source to Design in my VS 2012 went very slow.
The solution of this problem was as follow
- Click on the down arrow right at the menu option Start (in the standard bar)

Compat:
Windows Compatibility tab, Now select this option “Disable Desktop Composition”..
- Select Browse with…
- Select Internal Web Browser


Compatibility tab, Now select this option “Disable Desktop Composition”..

Auto Updates
Hey guys, if none of these work for you try “Tools”-”Options”-”Enviroments and Updates” and disable “Automatically Check for Updates.

Default Item
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0 –> DefaultOpenProjItemLocation. Check this registry key.


CPU Tuning:
most CPU time used by method:
Features.FindVsixVersion from System.Core.ni.dll
full chain: mscorlib.ni.dll -> IsEnabled -> ShouldEnable -> FindVsixVersion
tried remove old vs 2012 and 2013 same pure perfomance…
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/vs-2015-comunity-pure-startup-time/fd8b196d-1465-4339-9735-1c9604eacfe6



Logging:
Add the following values to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion
Add:
DWORD ForceLog set value to 1
DWORD LogFailures set value to 1
DWORD LogResourceBinds set value to 1
DWORD EnableLog set value to 1
String LogPath set value to folder for logs (e.g. C:\FusionLog\)


OR:

'll find the "Fusion Log Viewer" under Microsoft SDK\Tools (just type "Fusion" in the start menu on Vista or Windows 7/8). Launch it, click the Settings button, and select "Log bind failure" or "Log all binds".