Unity Issue Tracker - Unity opens a new instance of Visual Studio instead of opening script in the same one

Fixed in 2.0.5

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Issue ID

Regression

Unity opens a new instance of Visual Studio instead of opening script in the same one

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Oct 08, 2020

To reproduce:
1. Open any Unity project;
2. Open any script;
3. Open another script.

Expected result: the second script opens in the same Visual Studio instance
Actual result: the second script opens another instance of Visual Studio

Reproduced on: 2020.1.5f1, 2020.2.0b5, 2020.2.0b6 (2.0.2 and 2.0.3 Visual Studio Editor packages)
Not reproduced on: 2019.4.10f1

Resolution Note (fix version 2.0.5):

Fixed in 2.0.5 Visual Studio Editor package

Jinja

Dec 10, 2022 16:34

This is started happening again for me with Unity 2022.2.0f1 and Visual Studio 2022.

Problems:
-It opens a new instance of VS when you double click on a script, or click on FILE, LINE reference in the log.
-VS does not open the appropriate file.

Compiling and Debugging in VS 2022 is working.
John_MSFT

Dec 10, 2020 16:59

@ARGH6543, sorry for the confusion!

The package is published by Unity in collaboration with our team at Microsoft. We are responsible for fixing this and it's fixed in the latest 2.0.5 version.

If you continue experiencing trouble with that version, please use Visual Studio > Help > Send Feedback > Report a Problem.
argh6543

Oct 11, 2020 15:46

Can you please update us on why you are not responsible for this? The package in the registry shows that the package is by Unity Technologies, not Microsoft... com.unity.ide.visualstudio - again, no microsoft...