ShellSettingsManager Class

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04/29/2015

Represents the settings stored inside Visual Studio.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.SettingsManager
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings.ShellSettingsManager

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ShellSettingsManager _
    Inherits SettingsManager

public sealed class ShellSettingsManager : SettingsManager

public ref class ShellSettingsManager sealed : public SettingsManager

[<Sealed>]
type ShellSettingsManager =  
    class 
        inherit SettingsManager 
    end

public final class ShellSettingsManager extends SettingsManager

The ShellSettingsManager type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ShellSettingsManager	Instantiates a new instance of ShellSettingsManager.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetApplicationDataFolder	Gets the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various cache, backup, template, etc. files (Overrides SettingsManager.GetApplicationDataFolder(ApplicationDataFolder).)
	GetCollectionScopes	Gets the scopes that contain the given collection. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetCollectionScopes(String).)
	GetCommonExtensionsSearchPaths	Gets the list of folders that Visual Studio uses for installing/discovering machine-wide extensions. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetCommonExtensionsSearchPaths().)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetPropertyScopes	Gets the scopes that contain the given property. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetPropertyScopes(String, String).)
	GetReadOnlySettingsStore	Gets the SettingsStore class for the requested scope that can be used for read-only operations. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetReadOnlySettingsStore(SettingsScope).)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetWritableSettingsStore	Gets the WritableSettingsStore object for the requested scope which can be used both for reading and writing. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetWritableSettingsStore(SettingsScope).)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This class allows you to search for properties and collections in different scopes. It contains references to the SettingsScope and WritableSettingsStore classes for further manipulation of the collections and properties in the scope. This class implements the IDisposable pattern and must be disposed after it is no longer necessary.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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