> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.incredibuild.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Visual Studio Add-in

Last updated on Dec 22, 2025

## **General Tab**

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incredibuild-docs-migrated/vroOKstxeXPBn1yf/images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/792035333.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vroOKstxeXPBn1yf&q=85&s=79879970fa09d0267239b85d52b9379f" alt="" width="592" height="387" data-path="images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/792035333.png" />

You can define whether the build monitor is displayed when running builds in Visual Studio using the **Integrated Build Monitor Options**.

### **Add-In Installation/Removal**

Sometimes, due to installation issues, it is necessary to refresh Visual Studio integration and restore the Incredibuild IDE menu and toolbar. For example, if the Coordinator does a push to upgrade when Visual Studio is open on that machine, Incredibuild is not able to install the plug-in, meaning that the next time that Visual Studio is opened, Incredibuild may not appear in the menu.

From this section, you can restore, remove, or install the Incredibuild add-in (including the IDE menu and toolbar) into any of the Visual Studio versions installed on your machine.

**To restore the Incredibuild add-in:**

* Select the checkboxes of the Visual Studio versions in which you want to restore the add-in, and then click the **Restore Add-In** button.

**To install the Incredibuild add-in:**

* Select the checkboxes of the Visual Studio versions in which you want to install the add-in, and then click the **Install Add-In** button.

**To remove the Incredibuild add-in:**

* Select the checkboxes of the Visual Studio versions from which you want to remove the add-in, and then click the **Remove Add-In** button.

Note

**Removing Incredibuild from grayed out Visual Studio versions**

\[For Visual Studio 2017 and above] If the displayed Visual Studio version is grayed out, it means that Incredibuild extension was installed during the installation of Visual Studio. In this case, you cannot remove Incredibuild from the **Agent Settings** dialog box, but you can to remove it from Visual Studio IDE.

**To remove Incredibuild from Visual Studio IDE**:

* Open the **Tools** menu > **Get Tools and Features** > **Individual Components**, and clear the checkbox of **Incredibuild** – **Build Acceleration**:<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incredibuild-docs-migrated/vroOKstxeXPBn1yf/images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/789970948.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vroOKstxeXPBn1yf&q=85&s=1405b127dc529f14427fd56dc5bbc549" alt="" width="1198" height="716" data-path="images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/789970948.png" />

\----------------------------

Using the **Visual Studio Add-In** menu, you can navigate to set the Integration Options of any version of MS Visual Studio installed on the Agent machine.

### **Visual Studio Integration Options**

The same integration options are available for all versions of Visual Studio.

For each version, you can select different options. See below image of the Visual Studio 2015 page.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incredibuild-docs-migrated/vroOKstxeXPBn1yf/images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/791478281.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vroOKstxeXPBn1yf&q=85&s=d1eb4fbd84362ea84a1490ea6f3ef847" alt="" width="590" height="389" data-path="images/windows/10.35.1/windows/11272241/791478281.png" />

#### The Incredibuild menu "Debug Project" command should:

Two options are available:

* **Build the solution**- This causes the "Debug Project " Incredibuild main menu command to build the entire solution before starting a debug session.

* **Build the Startup project**- This causes the "Debug Project " Incredibuild main menu command to build the Startup project and its dependencies before starting a debug session.

#### The Incredibuild menu "Build Project" command should:

Two options are available:

* **Build the currently selected project**- This causes the "Build Project" Incredibuild main menu command to build the project currently selected in the Solution Explorer.

* **Build the Startup project**- This causes the "Build Project" Incredibuild main menu command to build the Startup project.

Regardless of this setting, selecting "Build Project" from the Incredibuild right-click Solution Explorer menu always builds the project that was right-clicked.