I ran across a great article on Phil Haack's blog regarding a registry tweak you can make so you can right-click on any folder and launch the Visual Studio Web Server (aka Cassini) against the directory. This is very handy if you are working on a website locally and want to spin it up without completely opening Visual Studio. Here's the code you need:
32 bit (x86)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2008 WebServer] @="ASP.NET Web Server Here" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2008 WebServer\command] @="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\DevServer \\9.0\\Webdev.WebServer.exe /port:8080 /path:\"%1\""64 bit (x64)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2008 WebServer] @="ASP.NET Web Server Here" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2008 WebServer\command] @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\DevServer \\9.0\\Webdev.WebServer.exe /port:8080 /path:\"%1\""
Thanks for this great tip Phil!!
