Copy always to output directory does not work

Question

I\'ve got a simple console project where I\'m reading two Excel-files. The Excel-files are included in the project (\"add existing item\") and I\'ve marked them with \"Copy

Answer 1

VS 2015 behaves similarly, not updating the output directory correctly with Content files. What does seem to work, strangely, is to put a text file in the folder with the Content files and make it a Content file also. The text file will get copied to the directory and so will all the other Content files. Stranger still, if you then delete the text file, it will continue to show up in the output directory even though there is no longer an original to be copied.