Hello everyone,

I have read some forum posts on the subject, but did not find the answer I was looking.
Problem! The menu item  "User" ("Add/Import  Sketch Library ") disabled. I can not add your own library. How to activate a menu item "User"?
Thank you!

I just installed visual micro with VS 2013pro and had some problems getting libraries to work too.

In the end I found the option "Parent Libraries" that was set to False.
(Menu: Tools -> Options -> Visual Micro. Under "Mcu General" Set "Parent Libraries" to True)

Now Arduino user libraries work when placed inside a folder called "libraries" inside the optional sketchbook location I've set.
(Custom location can be set in the same Options window. Application Ide Locations.)

Maybe this information can be added to this page?

With the default arduino IDE the libraries folder doesn't relate the to the location where you save your projects. I always had them in documents/arduino/libraries.

Hi, 

Please state which version of the Arduino Ide you are using? 

I can't find any examples where the custom libraries and hardware are located under a fixed path such as documents\arduino when the sketchbook location has been changed. 

Did you change the sketchbook location in Visual Micro or in the Arduino Ide? Maybe this is the confusion... 

If you enter a sketchbook folder in Visual Micro then the Arduino ide will not know about it. 

However, if you clear the sketchbook folder from Visual Micro then use the File>Preferences>Sketchbook property in the Arduino Ide then both Arduino and Visual Micro will share the same sketchbook folder.

This combination has been chosen to give the most flexibility for users. If you alter the sketchbook folder in the Arduino Ide then click Tools>Visual Micro>reload toolchain or restart the Ide.