How to enable site collection feature by default when deploying a visual webpart from visual studio?

Hi,

You first part and second part of the questions are conflicting:)

In order to handle the activation of features while deploying your solution, you will have to play around with the feature properties and the project properties of your VS 2010 solution(Deployment Strategy property).

Found a link which perfectly suits your needs,

http://devramblings.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/activate-on-default/

Please let us know whether it helped!!

Regards,

Sharath

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sharath kumart shivarama