How do I see the list of addins and plugins in Visual Studio?

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Solution

Try looking at your packages installed for Visual Studio. They are registered in the registry under:

Visual Studio 2008
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp\Packages 

Visual Studio 2005
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp

Packages are the complete installs of all addins, automations, and alike.

If you have a lot, I say kill them all. And then reinstall your specific addons (such as CodeSmith or VisualSVN). You may need to clean up the addons that were manually added. But, I think that once you remove the "Package", it disables those addons and automation tools automatically.

For reference, this is my fresh new install of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on Windows 7 RTM. Only 1 plugin, and it's for SQL Server's SSIS:

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Problem

I think I have a plugin or addin to studio installed which has killed all versions of studio. Where can I see the list of plugins and addins that studio is loading? I believe I have gone through all of the menu to find the list of addins. Would someone point me in the direction that shows me the list of addins? I will remove them all one by one until I find the one that is "killing my productivity" for the day. :)

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