Visual Studio and C++ folders

Question

A few questions:

Why does Visual Studio have filters instead of actual folders?

How would I create a folder in the solution scope, like that in the Starter_Kit example? There's a shared folder that the assets are stored.

Answer 1

If you physically create a subfolder and then include that in your project, it works like a filter but will also map to the physical folder. Kinda different from how it's done with C#.

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Answer 2

The behavior is a little odd with VC++ 2012. My previous comment was for VC++ 2010. It's not just enough to add a folder and then include it via "show all files". You need to add a filter, then add a physical folder that matches the filter, and then when you add files it may not add it to the right folder, so you may then have to drag/drop it via solution explorer.

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