For Visual Studio 2017 (and other versions) with ReSharper
In Tools | Options | Environmen | Keyboard...
- Add
CTRL+Was a Global shortcut forWindow.CloseDocumentWindow - Remove the
CTRL+Wshortcut forEdit.SelectCurrentWord - Remove the
CTRL+Wshortcut fromReSharper.ReSharper_ExtendSelection(it might be assigned twice)
If CTRL+W does not work after the steps above, it might be assigned to something else. Check these instructions to troubleshoot that: https://gist.github.com/jpoehls/2030795#gistcomment-2335647
The caveat to this is if you are used to using CTRL+W to select the current word. If you do, find another shortcut that works for that.
Massive thanks to https://gist.github.com/jpoehls/2030795 !