问题
When I rename a project within a solution, and then try and build that project, I get the error: "The project file "xyz.csproj" was not found. Where xyz is the old project file name!
The annoying thing is that I can search my project & solution for the old project file name, and the search will come up with nothing, and when I click on the error VS does nothing.
So there seems to be no way of finding where the old reference is.
This is a .web project hosting a silverlight page, if that makes any difference.
回答1:
These are steps I follow when I rename a project:
- Click on the project in the solution and rename it. This renames the .proj file and the project name(but not the directory containing the project).
- Close solution, rename the project folder. At this stage, the solution still references the old folder.
- Open sln file and replace the old folder name with the new one. This should only be in one place. it will look something like this.
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SolutionName", "OldProjectName\NewProjectName.csproj", "{98644DD0-5AB5-4CAC-8D83-CCB8EEEFE234}"
You will need to make it look like this:
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SolutionName", "NewProjectName\NewProjectName.csproj", "{98644DD0-5AB5-4CAC-8D83-CCB8EEEFE234}"
回答2:
With all visual studio projects, you can usually just close visual studio, edit the solution/project files with a text editor, and reopen visual studio. They're just XML. As long as you're careful not to change anything major, a search & replace in a text editor should do the trick.
回答3:
OK this was my problem. I deleted the service reference to the project I renamed, but still got the error message, then via some trial and error adding and removing projects I found that there is a "WCF Ria Services Link" Project property, doh.
That's a bit of a trap.
回答4:
I also had to rename the namespace and point the project's startup object to the renamed program:
<old_project>.Program to <new_project>.Program
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3209002/how-to-rename-a-project-without-killing-solution