where are custom extensions installed in visual studio?
Extensions (if deployed as VSIX) will be installed to the user´s profile; each extension will be installed into a folder with a random name, for instance:
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Extensions\s5lxc0ne.1kp
If you want to obtain the package installation path at runtime, you can obtain that information from the assembly that defines the Package
class.
static string GetAssemblyLocalPathFrom(Type type)
{
string codebase = type.Assembly.CodeBase;
var uri = new Uri(codebase, UriKind.Absolute);
return uri.LocalPath;
}
...
string installationPath = GetAssemblyLocalPathFrom(typeof(MyPackage));
1- Find your package... Let's say your package is MyExtensionPackage
.
public sealed class MyExtensionPackage : Package
{
//...
}
public static string GetExtensionInstallationDirectoryOrNull()
{
try
{
var uri = new Uri(typeof(MyExtensionPackage).Assembly.CodeBase, UriKind.Absolute);
return Path.GetDirectoryName(uri.LocalPath);
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}