Vista - VS 2008 update causes VS2005 to no longer clear undo history on document close

10-22-2008

OK this is annoying... after I installed VS2008 to try it out, apparently an
update was made to the behavior VS2005. Now when I close and reopen a
document I'm working on, the Undo history is remembered. I was used to the
history being cleared when I closed a document. I used this behavior as a
way of checkpointing my progress... now that the history is not reset, it's
actually screwing me up. If I want to revert back to the last time I saved,
I have to either painstakingly click 'undo' maybe hundreds of times, or
close the document without saving and lose my redo history. Is there a way
to fix the editor to behave the way it used to?

Paul

01-16-2009

That's how I use undo/redo as well. It was already annoying with VS2005, how
it saved global undo history for the entire application session. Now the
annoyance is magnified with VS2008 -- it saves all the undo history for each
document! If anyone knows how to turn this off, please post the solution
here.

"PJ6" wrote:

Quote:

> OK this is annoying... after I installed VS2008 to try it out, apparently an
> update was made to the behavior VS2005. Now when I close and reopen a
> document I'm working on, the Undo history is remembered. I was used to the
> history being cleared when I closed a document. I used this behavior as a
> way of checkpointing my progress... now that the history is not reset, it's
> actually screwing me up. If I want to revert back to the last time I saved,
> I have to either painstakingly click 'undo' maybe hundreds of times, or
> close the document without saving and lose my redo history. Is there a way
> to fix the editor to behave the way it used to?
>
> Paul
>
>
>

10-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
PJ6 n/a posts	VS 2008 update causes VS2005 to no longer clear undo history on document close OK this is annoying... after I installed VS2008 to try it out, apparently an update was made to the behavior VS2005. Now when I close and reopen a document I'm working on, the Undo history is remembered. I was used to the history being cleared when I closed a document. I used this behavior as a way of checkpointing my progress... now that the history is not reset, it's actually screwing me up. If I want to revert back to the last time I saved, I have to either painstakingly click 'undo' maybe hundreds of times, or close the document without saving and lose my redo history. Is there a way to fix the editor to behave the way it used to? Paul
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01-16-2009	#2 (permalink)
HappyNomad n/a posts	RE: VS 2008 update causes VS2005 to no longer clear undo history on do That's how I use undo/redo as well. It was already annoying with VS2005, how it saved global undo history for the entire application session. Now the annoyance is magnified with VS2008 -- it saves all the undo history for each document! If anyone knows how to turn this off, please post the solution here. "PJ6" wrote: Quote: > OK this is annoying... after I installed VS2008 to try it out, apparently an > update was made to the behavior VS2005. Now when I close and reopen a > document I'm working on, the Undo history is remembered. I was used to the > history being cleared when I closed a document. I used this behavior as a > way of checkpointing my progress... now that the history is not reset, it's > actually screwing me up. If I want to revert back to the last time I saved, > I have to either painstakingly click 'undo' maybe hundreds of times, or > close the document without saving and lose my redo history. Is there a way > to fix the editor to behave the way it used to? > > Paul > > >
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