5 Tools and Widgets -- Visual Studio Magazine

Tool	Description
XML Notepad 2007	Lets developers treat XML in its native hierarchical fashion
click to get: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72d6aa49-787d-4118-ba5f-4f30fe913628&DisplayLang=en
Open XML File Format Code Snippets for Visual Studio Developer	Creates code to automate tasks in Office applications using the Open XML file format introduced with Office 2007
click to get: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8D46C01F-E3F6-4069-869D-90B8B096B556&displaylang=en
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar	IE utility lets developers discover the HTML structure behind every page rendered in the browser
click to get: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&DisplayLang=en
Windows PowerShell	Lets developers script batch files for administration and automation tasks
click to get: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ccb7e0d-8f1d-4b97-a397-47bcc8ba3806&DisplayLang=en
Process Explorer	Goes beyond Task Manager by providing detailed information about the running system, including processes, memory, CPU, I/O, loaded DLLs and file handles
click to get: http://microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processexplorer.mspx

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