Visual Studio Shell Context Menu extension - Access a file's Explorer Shell Context menu from within VS (i.e. No more "Open Containing folder" madness!)

Visual Studio Gallery - Shell Context Menu

Overview

This extension will add an extra menu item to the Visual Studio code window to show the shell context menu of the file currently being edited.

It was born out of frustration on having to do "Open containing folder" to perform any file operation, then eventually closing the explorer window when finished.

No more! Want to know who made the commit that broke the code you're looking at? Its now only 2 clicks away.

Plus, you're got the whole code window to right click on, instead of having to aim for the small file tab > right click > open folder > look for the file > right click again > etc..

CodePlex - Visual Studio Shell Context Menu

Shell context menu extension for Visual Studio 2010 & 2012.

This extension will add an extra menu item to the Visual Studio code window to show the shell context menu of the file currently being edited.

This is one of those, "where have you been..." extensions, one that is so obvious in hindsight... Plus I always love it when a dev releases their source. :)