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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 9:13 PM | 1 vote
I have a windows forms VB.net project, and I want to make another copy, with another name, and then start modifying the copy without modifying the original.
I can't just copy the entire solution folder and rename it - that does not work.
I am using the free community edition of Visual Studio 2017
Thanks.
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Thursday, August 17, 2017 2:44 AM âś…Answered
Hi Gidmaestro,
>> I can't just copy the entire solution folder and rename it - that does not work.
I copy my VS2017 project from D:\MSDN Case Sample to D:\ and change the copied project name as WindowsFormsApp1-Copy. Then I modify some code in WindowsFormsApp1-Copy and build it, it doesn't change the original WindowsFormsApp1 application code.
What's the detailed steps that you do and how does it work with your steps?
Another way to create a project copy, you could use some source control tool (such as TFS, VSTS, Git and so on) and the create a branch project from the main project. It could more benefit to manage your project.
Following document introduce how to create a branch project with TFS, hope that could help you.
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/tfvc/branch-folders-files
Best Regards,
Weiwei
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:46 AM
Hi Gidmaestro,
Do you have resolved this problem?
If not, please feel free to let me know. If you have resolved, please share your solution here and mark the solution reply as answer which is benefit to other communities.
Best Regards,
Weiwei
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:45 AM
To WeiWei,
The problem is resolved. Parts of the project can just be copied to a new folder, and parts renamed, other parts cannot be renamed, but I got a working copy.
It would be nice though if Visual Studio had a "copy project" feature.
Thanks
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 1:24 AM
Hi Gidmaestro,
I'm glad that you have resolved your problem and thanks for sharing your solution here. Please mark your solution reply as answer which is benefit to other communities who has the same problem.
For your feature request, I have submit a User Voice for Visual Studio. You could vote and add comments for this feedback.
Best Regards,
Weiwei
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