Resource Refactoring Tool provides developers with a super easy way to extract hard coded strings from your code into resource files.

I won’t say this tool has saved me days of time but has certainly saved me hours (especially on those hand-me-down projects which tend to require a good amount of clean up. )

You’ll find the tool works in VS2005/VS2008 as it leverages the existing Refactor menu. Simply install the latest version found on the CodePlex project site and then Select Text > Right Click > Refactor > Extract to Resource until you find yourself giggling to yourself.

I’m not a big utility guy, but this tool gets installed along with VS on work stations. Enjoy.