>In VS 2013, when you type in the designer, such as in a class, if you start a quote, it will automatically add the closing quote. This is highly irritating and causes problems when laying out the code. I am used to type those lines so fast that this is now slowing me down. Is there a way to avoid that?
Not sure about if it will help you, but check:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a646e2d1-aec4-4da9-a04f-6479b0b675a4/vs-2013-how-to-disable-auto-completion-in-c
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