Visual Studio 2010 and newer
Visual Assist is installed to a per-user, IDE-specific directory that varies with system configuration and method used to install Visual Assist (.exe or .vsix). By design of Microsoft, the installation directory is not user-selected.
If the following Extensions directory contains multiple random-hash directories, use the presence of VA_X.dll to identify the directory containing Visual Assist.
Visual Studio 2017 and newer
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<IDE version>_<random hash>\Extensions\<random hash>\
Visual Studio 2012-2015
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<IDE version>\Extensions\<random hash>\
Visual Studio 2010
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Whole Tomato Software\Visual Assist X\<version number>\
or
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\<random hash>\
If you have recently installed Visual Assist, have not since started Visual Studio and already had Visual Assist installed, you may find VA_X.dll in two directories -- one directory with the previously installed version and a newer directory with the updated version. Visual Studio removes the older version when it starts.
Visual Studio 2008 and older
Visual Assist is installed for all users to a user-defined directory that defaults to:
%ProgramFiles%\Visual Assist
or
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Visual Assist
Registry Settings
Value Name | Meaning |
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UserDataDir | Specify a location for the Visual Assist database |