How to make the Visual Studio compiler ignore a file?

Question

Is anyone aware of a way to make visual studio completely ignore a file when compiling? I have a C# solution that has a foo.config file that isn\'t really a standard config

Answer 1

Just right click on the file and choose "Exclude from project".

If you still want to see it in your project, select the project and click the "Show all files" button at the top of the solution explorer. This will show all the files in the directory tree even if they aren't actually part of the project.