Changing the Default Target Framework Visual Studio 2010

Question

Is there a way in Visual Studio 2010 to change the default target framework that projects point to when they are created? I want to target the 4.0. framework by default and

Answer 1

Here is how you do it with VS2008. It appears to be a similar (the same?) process for VS2010. (I just did it in my own VS2010 development environment.)

• Right click on the name of the project.
• Click the Application tab.
• In the 'Target Framework' list, select the framework that you wish to use. It will differ depending on which .NET frameworks you have available on your system.