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Distinct Find in Files Search Results in Visual Studio 2010

I am developing a WPF and Silverlight application, so I often use links to source files. When I search for something, Visual Studio displays several identical results in the Search Results window - one for each file link that looks pretty cluttered.

Is there a way (setup / plugin) to make the search results in the "Search Results" window different?

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I did another search in the Visual Studio gallery, and I eventually found what I want: Ultra Find

It offers a few more features than the standard VS search in files, but, more importantly, shows only individual results for linked files !

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If you are looking for C, C ++, or C # code, use the Sando Code Search Tool (a free open source extension for Visual Studio). In many cases, it eliminates duplicate results by returning only one result for each program element (i.e. class, method or field) that matters.

Here is the animated gif of this in action:

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Full disclosure: I am the initiator of the project for this extension, so I can be biased :)

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There are much better “finds” or “navigation” plugins. I personally use the ReSharper Navigation and Search functions to find everything I need with a few keystrokes.

CodeRush and JustCode have similar features, too.

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By selecting "Only the names of the displayed files" in the "Find in files" options, he restricts the list of results to a unique entry for each match file.

Could this be a more useful kind of search result for your use?

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