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This is with VS and TFS 2010. I have multiple TFS servers and multiple collections. When I launch VS, it connects to the "last used" collection. If I had multiple instances of VS open, connected to different collections, whichever exits last appears to "win" as the last used collection. This is annoying.

Really what I want is multiple desktop shortcuts, each set up to force Team Explorer to connect to a specific collection at start-up.

Is this possible?

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I don't have the precise solution you asked for, but I feel your pain and this is what I use.

Download and install the Team Foundation Power Tools.

From a Visual Studio Command Prompt run the following command:

tfpt connections

Uncheck the 'Automatically reconnect to last server on startup' checkbox, and close the tool.

Then create a shortcut on your desktop as follows:

devenv /Command Team.ConnecttoTeamFoundationServer

This will open the 'Connect to Team Foundation Server' dialog on startup, where you can then select a server/collection/project from the dialog. It saves the 'wait for connect', 'disconnect', 'choose server' dance.

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In newer versions of Visual Studio there is this option which will automatically hide or show Team Explorer on Startup:

Help -> Manage Visual Studio Performance -> Tool Windows -> Start Up

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