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Set Default Browser for Debugging SharePoint 2013 Apps

Post author:Adam Toth
Post published:August 29, 2013
Post category:ASP.NET SharePoint Technology Visual Studio

When debugging a SharePoint 2013 App project in Visual Studio 2012 or 2013, the default web browser set for Windows will be opened. Often you may want this to be changed to a different browser for a better and more streamlined debugging experience. Read on to see how to change this… (more…)

Windows 8, UAC, Visual Studio, and always Run as Administrator

Post author:Adam Toth
Post published:November 2, 2012
Post category:ASP.NET SharePoint Technology

One of the biggest kinks I’ve had to work out so far on Windows 8 is fighting with UAC. Since I do a lot of SharePoint 2010 development, I need to run Visual Studio as an Administrator in order for the SharePoint tools in Visual Studio to work properly. After using Windows 8, I quickly found out that you can’t completely disable UAC in Windows 8. (more…)