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Where are custom extensions installed in Visual Studio? I know you could get path though ExtensionManager.GetInstalledExtensions()
, however it seems none of the paths found corresponds to my extension.
2 Answers
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:
If you want to obtain the package installation path at runtime, you can obtain that information from the assembly that defines the Package
class.
1- Find your package... Let's say your package is MyExtensionPackage
.