Shortcut to open the first .sln found in Visual Studio

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Shortcut to open in Visual Studio

Running Open-VisualStudio, or the vs alias, in any folder will open the first *.sln found in the stable version of Visual Studio. Using the -pre flag will use the prerelease version that's installed.

Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

function Open-VisualStudio {
  Param(
    [switch] $prerelease
  )

  $vswhere = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"

  if (!(Test-Path $vswhere)) {
    Write-Host "vswhere must be installed to use this command" -ForegroundColor Red
    return
  }

  $path = Convert-Path .
  $sln = Get-ChildItem -Path $path\* -Include *.sln | Select-Object -First 1

  if (!$sln) {
    Write-Host "No .sln file found" -ForegroundColor Red
    return
  }

  if ($prerelease) {
    $devenv = & $vswhere -latest -prerelease -property productPath | Select-Object -First 1
  } else {
    $devenv = & $vswhere -latest -property productPath | Select-Object -First 1
  }

  if (!$devenv) {
    Write-Host "Visual Studio was not found" -ForegroundColor Red
    return
  }

  & $devenv $sln
}

New-Alias -Name vs -Value Open-VisualStudio -Scope Script