Upgrade to VS2017

[justcla]

Hi John. I find this a very useful extension and would like to use it in VS2017.
Can we upgrade this so it runs on VS2017 as well as VS2015?
I'm happy to help.

[oo-dev17]

I would love to use this extension.
But for me unfortunately my VS 2017 installations do not show up in the VSIX-Installer dialog.

[justcla]

That is because the version available on the Marketplace is v1.0, which was uploaded back in 2016.

It looks like @zamont has offered a PR to upgrade to VS2017, but it has not been accepted and the new VSIX is not available on the Marketplace.

Until the PR is accepts and @johnmcbride uploads the new version to the Marketplace, the best way to install the extension would be to build the VSIX locally, then install it.

[oo-dev17]

Justin, thanks a lot for your information!
Maybe I am not that familiar with GitHub, but this Fix#6 should be on 4 files in 2017. But when I look into the repo all files are still from 2016

[justcla]

That's because the PR has not been merged, so the files won't appear in the main repo. The files exist in zamont's fork in the upgrade2017 branch.
https://github.com/zamont/OpenBinFolder-VSExtension/tree/upgradeVS2017

[zacharycmontoya]

I just created PR #7 to merge the changes. It's up to @johnmcbride to review/accept

[justcla]

The PR is good. I just pulled the branch and it built and ran perfectly in VS2017.
Thanks Zach!

I have attached a copy of the VSIX that I built locally. (Note: You'll need to rename the file to OpenBinFolder.vsix to install it.)

OpenBinFolder.zip

[oo-dev17]

Great, works like a charm (and even more usefull since I can add a keyboard shortcut)
A big thank you - to you guys!

[astrohart]

I'd like add an extra 'vote' to this discussion to have the extension made compatible with VS2017 on the Marketplace. Until then, I'd like to give a big shout out to @justcla for making an upgraded extension locally and I respectfully request @johnmcbride to please look into PR #7 ! Thanks again.

[astrohart]

Hi @justcla please cancel my last message; I figured it out. I thought to myself, well, there are just so many files here, let's rename them one by one (what I had done was downloaded the ZIP from your link and then unpacked it and tried the files inside of it).

For n00bs such as myself, here are the install directions:

1. Download the file Open Bin Folder.zip; this link is the same as the one in @justcla's message above.
2. Save the file to a folder on your computer and be sure to make a note of which folder it lives in.
3. Once the download is complete, open the folder you downloaded the file to, in File Explorer.
4. Then rename the file from Open Bin Folder.zip to Open Bin Folder.vsix (that is, just change the extension).
5. Press the F5 key on your keyboard to refresh File Explorer.
6. Then double-click on the newly-renamed file and follow the directions on your screen.

NOTE: Remember, it's vsix, not visx.

[ronaldme]

Because this repository does not seem to be maintained anymore I forked the repo and made some changes to make it work for Visual Studio 2019. The extension is also available on the Visual Studio Marketplace for everyone.

https://github.com/ronaldme/OpenBinFolder-VSExtension

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RonaldMeijboom.open-bin-folder-extension-2019

[justcla]

Thanks Ronaldme! That's great!

[oodev17]

Someone has an idea (or modification) that works in VS 2022? 🤔