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- Download and install dotTrace Performance profiler from httpfrom https://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/download | Select 64-bit version
- Start dotTrace and select Profile Local App
- In the Standalone Application section, specify a path to the Visual Studio executable (devenv.exe)
- Make sure the following options are set in Profiler Options:
- Profiling type: Sampling (or Tracing or Timeline if you has been asked to collect exactly Tracing/Timeline snapshot)
- Collect profiling data from start: on (if you're experiencing performance problems on Visual Studio startup or during solution loading) or off otherwise
- Click Run
- If there's a performance problem during startup
- Wait while Visual Studio starts, open your solution
- Wait until the solution is loaded and ReSharper finishes loading caches
- Click Get Snapshot'n'Wait button in the profiling controller window
- Otherwise
- Wait while Visual Studio starts, open your solution
- Click Start button in the profiling controller window
- Perform actions which are slow with ReSharper (typing, switching between documents, building etc)
- Click Get Snapshot'n'Wait button in the profiling controller window
- In dotTrace Performance Viewer, save the resulting snapshot using the File | Export Snapshot... menu
- Compress the snapshot file using Zip
- Upload the file to ftp://ftp.intellij.net/.uploads/. Don’t worry if you don’t see the upload progress – it is hidden according to the FTP folder privileges.
- Create a new issue in ReSharper issue tracker. In the issue, provide a short description of the performance problems you're experiencing, and specify the name of your snapshot.
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