Is there a way to reload a property sheet that was edited outside of Visual Studio? Visual Studio doesn't detected automatically that the file was modified (like it does with project files). The only way I've found so far is to close and reopen the whole solution (but that's no good way).
Only a partial solution perhaps for your (and my) needs, but I've found it helpful to touch the .sln file. This causes Visual Studio to wig out and ask if you want to reload all the projects. Select "Yes" and then you'll notice the properties have refreshed. I make sure that my scripts which update property files also touch any related solution file(s).
Also see Is there any way to get Visual Studio to reload all projects when the .proj files have changed?
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When I edit the Unity scripts, it opens up visual studio for me, and I manage the code there. Each script opened in visual studio has an x next to its name, so you can remove it from view.
When I don't press the x and leave the script open in visual studio, if I close visual studio and open another script from Unity, the last script selected is shown, and alongside the previous script that I had not deleted with the x (it shows me the previous scripts that I had opened and had not removed).
What I just said happens with 6 of my projects.
The seventh however (not in order), does not behave like this. When I open a script and, without deleting it (from view, not from Unity), I close visual studio, the next time I reopen, the recent scripts are not displayed. I would like them to be displayed.
This is because I have about thirty scripts in the project, and managing the openings from visual studio is much faster than doing it from Unity, as first you have to search for the exact path of the script, and then you must also wait for it to load.
I searched for solutions and tried looking at visual-studio / unity settings, but didn't understand what may be causing this.
I have done the "Reimport All"
I have regenerated the project files
I have reinstalled Unity and Visual Studio Community 2019 from the Unity Hub
There's a .sln file, which references .csproj files, which contain the files within your project. These files are those listed in your solution explorer. These files are generated by Unity and are related to Project files. In Visual Studio in the Solution Explorer, you will see the Solution (.sln file) which contains one or more projects (.csproj), and the files within a project.
Now besides of that, Visual Studio has a lot of settings besides the actual solution and project. These settings are for instance:
How you arrange your view in VisualStudio
Which tabs are opened (Your question refers to the file tabs)
These settings are stored within a .suo file. These .suo files are located within a hidden directory .vs inside your project folder (next to the .sln file). Usually the .suo files and the .vs folder are part of the .gitignore list so they don't get added to the repository, because they are machine specific settings. E.g. you want your VisualStudio to be set up differently than that of another developer in your project.
I think you need to make sure that your .suo files don't get overwritten/changed by any other mechanism. For instance, if the .suo file is added to a git repository, another developer closes all the tabs, and pushes it's .suo file, and you pull that. Then after you reopen Visual Studio all the tabs will be closed. If you open 5 tabs, and push your .suo file, and the other developer pulls it, next time that developer opens VS the 5 tabs will be opened.
You can also try to delete the .vs folder to reset everything. Don't forget to make a backup though.
I have a solution with a project file that I need to modify as text (i.e. the XML). This is done by right clicking on the project and selecting Unload Project, then right clicking on it again and selecting Edit Project.csproj. However, this does not work on all projects. Sometimes I get the message
The operation could not be completed
I want to know why this message sometimes appears (i.e. what is it about my project / solution configuration that could bring this about) and whether there is another way to edit the .csproj within Visual Studio (if I try and close the solution then open the .csproj file Visual Studio just opens the solution again).
The other day I created a MS visual studio 2010 C# project and started coding. I saved the source frequently, but I did not select a destination to save to (just pressed ctrl+s and assumed the source was being saved). However I had to run and threw my laptop in my backpack on sleep. Unfortunately this laptop (acer aspire 5252 fyi) battery drains extremely quickly when on sleep, and eventually my computer shut off. Now I can't find my source files anywhere and I'm going crazy because I know I saved it and it's several days worth of work.
I tried doing a windows search but couldn't find the project files. I also did a little experiment - I created a new project and without saving the entire solution, I pressed ctrl+s on the source files. Save was successful, but I cannot even find the file that's open in the IDE. Even the "open containing folder option" is grayed out (see screen shot).
I really need these source files back. Obviously it's because I didn't save the solution that the source got wiped out, but where do the source files get saved temporarily before the solution is saved?
Thanks.
You are using Visual Studio's support for temporary projects. Nice feature for quicky test projects (and SO answers) but not a great way to ensure that your projects are still there after VS quits. Programming without source control is similarly inadvisable.
Tools + Options, Projects and Solutions, General. Ensure that the "Save new projects when created" option is ticked to minimize the odds that you'll forget to pick a solution folder. Triple-check that creating a new project now gives you a "Location" property in the dialog.
There is a default location for projects to be saved. That is probably where your files went.
In Visual Studio, on the menu, click Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > General. There is a "Visual Studio projects location".
On my Windows 7 machine, the folder for Visual Studio 2010 is
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects
Your unnamed project is probably saved with a default name like WebSite1.
If you would like to change that default location, here is some information on how to do that.
Visual Studio temporary projects are normally found in *C:\Users\"User Name"\AppData\Local\Temporary Projects* . It is a temporary folder that is deleted as soon as Visual Studio starts up.
How to save a Temporay Project from above link:
To save a temporary project
In Solution Explorer, choose the solution or project that you want to save.
On the menu bar, choose File, Save or Save As.
The Save Project dialog box opens.
In the , Name box, specify a name for the project.
In the Location box, specify where you want to save the project.
Select the Create directory for Solution check box.
Note: This check box is not available for Visual Basic web projects, Visual C# web projects, or other directory-based projects.
In the New Solution Name box, specify a name that differs from the project name.
Select the Add to Source Control check box if you want to add the solution to a version-control database or repository.
Choose the OK button.
When you add (for example) WPF window to your project VS creates .xaml and .xaml.cs files. However they are not displayed in a flat list in VS Explorer, rather .xaml.cs is a child file (in terms of the tree) of .xaml file.
How to organize several "custom" files into such tree? For example I have Trainer.cs file and Trainer.Builder.cs file. I would like Builder to be displayed as a child of Trainer.cs file. How to do it?
Please note: I know about folder with files, but I don't want to use it, because in such case even the "main" file is hidden and I have to unfold folder to get it.
Update
While searching for difference between VS2008 and VS2010, I found out, that my entire question is a duplicate of SO question -- there you find how to fix a fix for VS2008 to work with VS2010 :-)
Visual Studio 2010 related file nesting
This can be done by editing the registry. A guide to doing this for Visual Studio 2008 can be found here: http://blog.dotnetwise.com/2009/09/visual-studio-2008-custom-nested-files.html
You can also do this through a Visual Studio Extension, but unless this is part of a larger project this is probably overkill. There is a guide to implementing this behavior here: http://pieterderycke.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/adding-support-for-nested-files-in-custom-visual-studio-project-types-with-mpf/
We use Visual Studio 2008 and Surround SCM for source control. SCM drops files into each directory named ".MySCMServerInfo" which are user specific data files that shouldn't be checked into source control. They are similar to the .scc files dropped by Visual Source Safe. We also have several WAPs (Web Application Projects) that we develop. All these .MySCMServerInfo files show up in the solution tree and the Pending Checkins window when they should not. There has to be some way to force VS to ignore files of a given extension because it ignores .scc files. How do I get VS to ignore .MySCMServerInfo files within a WAP?
I have new information about this issue. Setting the hidden bit on .MySCMServerInfo file causes Surround SCM to loose track of the modification state for files. It starts thinking files are out-of-date when they are not, and it always attemps to get new versions.
Instead, set this registry key if you're using Visual Studio 2008:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Packages\
{8FF02D1A-C177-4ac8-A62F-88FC6EA65F57}\IgnorableFiles\.MySCMServerInfo]
Set this registry key if you're using Visual Studio 2005:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Packages\
{8FF02D1A-C177-4ac8-A62F-88FC6EA65F57}\IgnorableFiles\.MySCMServerInfo]
These will tell Visual Studio to not display .MySCMServerInfo files within the Solution tree and the Pending Checkins view.
Using the file system hidden bit should work.
Late Answer but hopefully useful to others.
I began experiencing this problem when using Visual Studio 2015 with the new ASP.Net 5 Project templates. (I presume this is because the new templates automatically include everything in the folder rather than only showing the things that are listed in the project file).
Showing these files in the Solution explorer change be prevented by right clicking the file and selecting "Hide from Solution Explorer" but this didn't prevent SCM from including them in the Pending Check-ins Window.
The correct way to deal with this problem is:
Select the file(s) in Solution Explorer
Select the File > Source Control > Exclude from Source Control
Reference
NOTE: Right Click in the Solution Explorer DOESN'T have this option.