Extensions
There have been some problems with the version of Switch uploaded to the Visual Studio Gallery. I’ve created a new version of Switch (1.4) and uploaded this - it works fine now, for Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012.
You can find out more about this extension on the Switch Page.
Working on some addins lately has taught me a few really useful tricks about debugging in Visual Studio. I’ll update this post over time.
The Experimental Instance
Very useful to know - the experimental instance loads its extensions from a special folder, and debugging extensions drops them there. The location is:
%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0Exp\Extensions\