Visual Studio Add in Menu Not Showing Up

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Visual-Studio

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I am using the following code to add a menu to visual studio here is the complete function (see below)

it works fine; the problem is when i take it to a test station (I mean when I move the dll), when I first open visual studio it shows the menu, then when I close visual studio and open it back, the menu does not show up

if I change the code when I put the menu under the tools menu, there is not problem

is there a way to fix that. I know by default visual studio add add in command to the tools menu, there must be a way to fix that

public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
		{
			_applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
			_addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
			if(connectMode == ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup)
			{
				object []contextGUIDS = new object[] { };
				Commands2 commands = (Commands2)_applicationObject.Commands;
				string testMenuName = "Test";

				//Place the command on the tools menu.
				//Find the MenuBar command bar, which is the top-level command bar holding all the main menu items:
				CommandBar menuBarCommandBar = ((CommandBars)_applicationObject.CommandBars)["MenuBar"];

				//Find the Test command bar on the MenuBar command bar. This is the "before" parameter to add new command bar:
				CommandBarControl testControl = menuBarCommandBar.Controls[testMenuName];                                

				//This try/catch block can be duplicated if you wish to add multiple commands to be handled by your Add-in,
				//  just make sure you also update the QueryStatus/Exec method to include the new command names.
				try
                {
                    //Create new MyAddin8 command bar
                    CommandBarControl myControl = (CommandBarControl)menuBarCommandBar.FindControl(MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, System.Type.Missing, "MyAddin8", true, true);
                    if (myControl == null)
                    {
                        //Create new MyAddin8 command bar
                        myControl = menuBarCommandBar.Controls.Add(Type: MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, Id: 1234567890, Before: testControl.Index);
                        myControl.Caption = "MyAddin8";
                    }
                    CommandBarPopup myControlPopup = (CommandBarPopup)myControl;


					//Add a command to the Commands collection:
					Command command = commands.AddNamedCommand2(_addInInstance, "MyCommand1", "MyCommand1", "Executes the command for MyCommand1", true, 59, ref contextGUIDS, (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusSupported+(int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled, (int)vsCommandStyle.vsCommandStylePictAndText, vsCommandControlType.vsCommandControlTypeButton);
					//Add a control for the command to the tools menu:
					if((command != null) && (myControl != null))
					{
						command.AddControl(myControlPopup.CommandBar);
                    }


                    //Add another command to the Commands collection:
                    Command command2 = commands.AddNamedCommand2(_addInInstance, "MyCommand2", "MyCommand2", "Executes the command for MyCommand2", true, 59, ref contextGUIDS, (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusSupported + (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled, (int)vsCommandStyle.vsCommandStylePictAndText, vsCommandControlType.vsCommandControlTypeButton);
                    //Add a control for the command to the tools menu:
                    if ((command2 != null) && (myControl != null))
                    {
                        command2.AddControl(myControlPopup.CommandBar, 2);
                    }
				}
				catch(System.ArgumentException)
				{
					//If we are here, then the exception is probably because a command with that name
					//  already exists. If so there is no need to recreate the command and we can 
                    //  safely ignore the exception.
				}
			}
		}