How to force a Solution file (SLN) to be opened in Visual Studio 2013?

Question

Trying to open a VS 2012 solution (SLN file) explicitly in VS 2013 succeeds. Simply double-clicking it in Windows Explorer still opens it in VS 2012 instead.

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Answer 1

To solve this issue I just changed the following lines of the .sln file:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010

into these:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 2013

The comment line is to be changed as it is parsed by the solution loader.