I typically have my main solution open in one instance, and a small winforms solution I use for quick and dirty testing (almost like the Command Prompt in VFP) in a second instance. We also do a lot of client-specific programming. Each of these also lives in its own solution. So it is not unusual to have one of these client-specific solutions, the main solution, and my testbed each open in its own instance.

My co-worker with 6 instances open? I don't know what HIS problem is.


>Why do you run so many instances of VS? I've run two, and very rarely run three. I almost always run one. I can't imagine a scenario where you need 6 instances running.
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>VS is a pig, both in memory and CPU usage. I don't know know how you can do anything with 6-7 instances.
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>>Was that said tongue-in-cheek? I just took a quick poll of the 4 developers I work with. We all typically have 2 instances open, 3 is not unusual, and one of us often has 6-7 instances open (don't ask). None of us has ever experienced an issue. VS2010 and VS2012. WIN 7 Pro 64 bit. 16 GB ram, 260GB SSD. (SQL Server LOVES all that ram).