Copy And Rename VS2015 VB.Net Project

Question

I have a VB.Net project / Application that i created in Visual Studiot 2015 that I would like to Copy to a NEW location and Rename the project to something different. What is the BEST and Safest way to do this?

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Paul

Answer 1

I want to make sure that whatever changes that I make to the NEWLY Renamed / Copied project DOES NOT carry over to original project.  Thank you.

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Paul

Answer 2

Hi,

Sorry, I cannot understand your needs.  What is your target question?  Is it a process for copying/renaming in your project, or your project itself?

If it is your project, please save current project in other folder with renaming.
I'm doing like this:


Regards,

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Ashidacchi

Answer 3

I have a VB.Net Prject called "Project_A.vbproj" which has approx 12 forms, 20 Datasets and several other files. I want to make a copy of this project and call it "Project_NEW.vbproj" and place this project in a different location. I want to make many changes to this "Project_NEW.vbproj" and make sure that it these changes do NOT affect my original project "Project_A.vbproj" Hope that this makes more sense?

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Paul

Answer 4

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your explanation.
If I misunderstand it, you can do like this:
(1) copy FOLDER where contains "Project_A" and other components.
    (I recommend you to create a new folder and copy the FOLDER there.)
(2) open the original "Project_A" and rename your project and/or solution as you like ("Project_NEW" etc) in Solution Explorer. 

The below pictures show Renaming "DCP3" to something.


  

Regards,

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Ashidacchi

Answer 5

Hi Paul 2 U,

Welcome to MSDN forum.

Firstly, right click on your VB project and paste it to the other location. (the changes on the copied project will not affect original project )

To rename a project's folder, file (.*proj) and display name in visual studio:

• Close the solution.
• Rename the folder(s) outside Visual Studio.
• Open the solution, ignoring the warnings (answer "no" if asked to load a project from source control).
• Go through all the unavailable projects and...
  • Open the properties window for the project (highlight the project and press Alt+Enter or F4, or right-click > properties).
  • Set the property 'File Path' to the new location.
      
    • If the property is not editable, then open the .sln file directly in another editor such as Notepad++ and update the paths there instead.
  • Reload the project - right-click > reload project.
  • Change  the display name of the project, by highlighting it and pressing F2, or right-click > rename.

Note: Other suggested solutions that involve removing and then re-adding the project to the solution will break project references.

If you perform these steps then you might also consider renaming the following to match:

1. Assembly
2. Default/Root Namespace
3. Namespace of existing files (use the refactor tools in Visual Studio or ReSharper's inconsistent namespaces tool)

Also consider modifying the values of the following assembly attributes:

1. AssemblyProductAttribute
2. AssemblyDescriptionAttribute
3. AssemblyTitleAttribute

refer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/211241/how-to-rename-a-project-folder-from-within-visual-studio

Best regards,

Joyce

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