Visual Studio move project to a different folder

Question

How do I move a project to a different folder in Visual Studio? I am used to this structure in my projects.

-- app
---- Project.Something
---- Project.Someth         


        

Answer 1

It's easy in VS2012; just use the change mapping feature:

1. Create the folder where you want the solution to be moved to.
2. Check-in all your project files (if you want to keep you changes), or rollback any checked out files.
3. Close the solution.
4. Open the Source Control Explorer.
5. Right-click the solution, and select "Advanced -> Remove Mapping..."
6. Change the "Local Folder" value to the one you created in step #1.
7. Select "Change".
8. Open the solution by double-clicking it in the source control explorer.

Answer 2

1. Copy the project folder to new destination
2. Remove your project from solution (Right-click the project in "Solution Explorer" and choose "Remove")
3. Then add existing project to solution (Right-click the project in "Solution Explorer" and choose "Add" then "Existing project")
4. Change path to "packages" folder in "YourProjectName.csproj" file (Open in notepad and change paths for linked packages)

Answer 3

This worked for me vb2019. I copied my source project folder. I then pasted the project, and renamed the the folder to whatever. In order to break the ties back to the source project folder, I temporarily renamed the source folder. I opened my destination project. The paths to the forms and modules were re-discovered in the local folder. I went through all my forms and modules to make sure they were working. I ran the project. I closed the project. I renamed the source project folder back to is't original name. I can open both projects at the same time without errors.