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How to change default projects folder in VS.NET 2003?
Normally Visual Studio wants to create new projects in this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects
However, I prefer to work in C:\MyFiles\Code
The problem is that due to some glitch VS only opens projects that were created in its default folder. Whenever I create a project in C:\MyFiles\Code and subsequently try to access it by clicking on the project name on the Start Page, Visual Studio says "The selected file is not a valid visual studio file." Even though it loads it up just fine if instead of clicking on its name I go to "Open Project >>" and select the file manually.
So, I'm wondering if there's a setting in VS that lets you specify the path for VS to use for all new projects? I'd like to change the default path to C:\MyFiles\Code, in hopes that newly created projects would then become openable by just clicking on them on the start page.
Alternatively, if anyone has any idea how to fix the problem of VS only recognizing projects that were created in its default directory, solving that would work as well.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects
However, I prefer to work in C:\MyFiles\Code
The problem is that due to some glitch VS only opens projects that were created in its default folder. Whenever I create a project in C:\MyFiles\Code and subsequently try to access it by clicking on the project name on the Start Page, Visual Studio says "The selected file is not a valid visual studio file." Even though it loads it up just fine if instead of clicking on its name I go to "Open Project >>" and select the file manually.
So, I'm wondering if there's a setting in VS that lets you specify the path for VS to use for all new projects? I'd like to change the default path to C:\MyFiles\Code, in hopes that newly created projects would then become openable by just clicking on them on the start page.
Alternatively, if anyone has any idea how to fix the problem of VS only recognizing projects that were created in its default directory, solving that would work as well.
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I will keep the question open for a while and will increase & split the points in case someone else has any ideas, otherwise I'm accepting this as the answer.