Is Tools > Create GUID removed in Visual Studio 2012?

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In Visual Studio 2010, there was a Create GUID entry in the Tools menu. I used it all the time for SharePoint Development.

Has Tools > Create GUID been removed in Visual Studio 2012? I don't see it and resorted to Powershell [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString()

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2 Answers

69
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No it's there... at least it's available in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate.

If missing try adding it via Tools -> External Tools and add:

%Installation Path%\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe

EDIT: It's probably installed with Visual C++.

45
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If you have Resharper installed you can just type nguid and hit Tab inside Visual Studio. You can even choose format you want.