Visual Studio source server cache

   Have you ever wondered where Visual Studio 2008/2010 stores the source files that it downloads from the source server? By default they are put in your home directory under Local Settings\Applications Data\SourceServer. If you are using two different debuggers or you have more than one user using your machine you probably would like to change this location. Unfortunately there is no way to do that through the options dialog. You are left with two options described below:

• through registry – by changing a value of the SourceServerExtractToDirectory key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Debugger\ branch
• through options file – locate your Visual Studio settings file (its path should be displayed under Tools->Options->Import and Export Settings), then a tag: <PropertyValue name=”SourceServerExtractToDirectory”> and change it’s value to your desired cache directory

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