MS Solution Launcher

Launch multiple instances of Visual Studio for Mac and/or Xamarin Studio easily!

You can also associate the application with all .sln files on your Mac to have them open in a new instance of Visual Studio for Mac or Xamarin Studio.

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Associating all .sln files

If you associate all .sln files with MS Solution Launcher, any time you double click or otherwise open a .sln file, it will open inside its own instance of Visual Studio for Mac or Xamarin Studio!

1. Find a .sln file in Finder
2. Right click the .sln file and Get Info (or highlight the file and cmd + i
3. Under the Open With section, click the drop-down list and click Choose
4. Navigate to and select MS Solution Launcher
5. Click Change All

Always open with...

By default, if you have both Visual Studio for Mac and Xamarin Studio installed, the launcher will ask you which one you'd like to open.

If you'd rather have it always open in one by default, you can change this in the Preferences.json file located within the app's resources.

1. Navigate to the MS Solution Launcher.app (in Finder, right click and Show package contents).
2. Open the Preferences.json file located inside the Contents/Resources folder.
3. Change the value for the key OpenWith to be either Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio.
4. Save the file.

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License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2016 Jonathan Dick

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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