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CTOnews.com, July 20 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft has released Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 4 with a newly designed extension manager that makes it easier for users to install and manage extensions.

It is reported that although users can download a variety of VS extensions from Visual Studio Marketplace, the existing extension manager is confused at the information display level, so it is difficult to view the score and details of the extension.

▲ old version of Visual Studio extension Manager, source Microsoft and Microsoft in the new version of Visual Studio extension Manager to solve these problems, users using Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 3 or above, you can enable the new version of extension Manager.

▲ new version of Visual Studio extension Manager, Picture Source Microsoft's new version of extension Manager is more intuitive, highlighting the score, number of downloads, sources, profiles and other content of the extension. Users do not need to open a browser to access the GitHub page of the extension suite to view all the necessary information.

The classification options in the manager have also been upgraded, and users can directly select categories according to different types, making it easier to filter and find the required extensions.

To enable this new extension browser, users need to install Visual Studio version 17.7 Preview 3 or above, and in the preview option in the menu, enable "extension UI", and then restart Visual Studio to see the new manager.

CTOnews.com attached Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 3 and Preview 4 updates below:

▲ image source Microsoft Visual Studio support page

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