# Shaykat's Visual Studio 2003 Tips
[Shaykat](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc), a PM on the C# Team, has been posting some great tips on VS.NET 2003 so I thought I would collect them here for your linking pleasure;

  * [Tip #1: Stop the solution explorer flashiness when opening a project!](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/02/13/72703.aspx)
      * [Tip #2: Macros](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/02/18/75736.aspx)
          * [Tip #3: View exception information with $exception](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/02/20/77214.aspx)
              * [Tip #4: Demo better with the toolbox and task list](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/02/27/81117.aspx)
                  * [Tip #5: Intellisense in the immediate window](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/03/01/82455.aspx)
                      * [Tip #6: Keyboard Shortcuts](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/03/04/83993.aspx)
                          * [Tip #7: Implementing interface stubs automatically](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/archive/2004/03/10/87582.aspx)

If you liked these tips, you can view them all and watch for any future ones by tracking [the Visual Studio 2003 Tips category](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/category/3661.aspx) [<img src="http://msdn.microsoft.com/nodehomes/graphics/rss_button.gif" border="0" />](https://weblogs.asp.net/shaykatc/category/3661.aspx/rss) from Shaykat's blog.

[Note: Some of these apply to Visual Studio in general, and therefore include C# and VB development, but some are specific to C#.... sorry!]