Visual studio cache clearing

With many problems, such as the infamous Red X issue, the common resolution is often to flush the local cache by completing the following steps:
1.Delete the contents from the following folders ?C:\Users\<>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation
?C:\Users\<>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio
?C:\Users\<>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon

2.Go to the Visual Studio IDE folder in command prompt and Run the following command “devenv/resetuserdata” from the Visual Studio IDE folder. ?Typical location for 64 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE
?Typical location for 32 bit: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE

While this feature has its place, it needs to be used with some pre-Enter-Key thought and planning, and anyone recommending this to anyone should also highlight the side effects … or face a VERY unhappy customer.

Devenv.exe/ResetSettings

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