Recommended add-ons/plugins for Microsoft Visual Studio [closed]

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Can anyone recommend any good add-ons or plugins for Microsoft Visual Studio?
Freebies are preferred, but if it is worth the cost then that’s fine.

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SmartPaster – (FREE) Copy/Paste code generator for strings

AnkhSvn – (FREE) SVN Source Control Integration for VS.NET

VisualSVN Server – (FREE) Source Control

ReSharper – IDE enhancement that helps with refactoring and productivity

CodeRush – Code gen macros on steroids

Refactor – Code refactoring aid

CodeMaid (FREE) – Code cleanup, organization and complexity analysis

CodeSmith – Code Generator

GhostDoc – (FREE) Simple code commenting tool

DXCore (FREE) and its many awesome plugins: DxCore Community Plugins, CR_Documentor, CodeStyleEnforcer, RedGreen

TestDriven.Net – (FREE/PAY) Unit Testing Aid

Reflector – (PAY) Feature rich .Net Disassembler Reflector AddIn’s

Web Deployment Projects – Provides additional functionality to build and deploy Web sites and Web applications (source).

StudioTools – (FREE) Navigation assistant, code metrics tool, incremental search, file explorer in visual studio and tear off editor windows. Moved from old site (archive.org) to new site and discontinued.

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