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Timwi
Timwi

Reputation: 66573

How do I prevent Visual Studio from creating obj folders in my source directory?

I've set the OutputPath, IntermediateOutputPath, and BaseIntermediateOutputPath tags in all my csproj files. Despite that, Visual Studio creates extra "obj" folders in my source directories. As far as I can tell, it creates the directory obj\Debug\TempPE and then leaves it empty.

I don't mind Visual Studio creating all sorts of crap, but how do I tell it to create it only in places where I want it, not in the source directory?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4733

Answers (4)

Stipec
Stipec

Reputation: 1

Actually, also Microsoft suggests you to add command as a post-build action

rd "$(ProjectDir)obj" /s /q

see more at To set the intermediate output directory for a project (.NET projects)

Upvotes: 0

someone
someone

Reputation: 132

Remove obj folder after build works for me.

There is two way to remove it.

  1. Add the following command in Project -> Property -> Build Event -> AfterBuild .

rmdir /s /q obj

Or

  1. Add the following section in .csproj
  <PropertyGroup>
    <PostBuildEvent>rmdir /s /q obj</PostBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>

Upvotes: 0

Timwi
Timwi

Reputation: 66573

It is not possible to prevent Visual Studio 2008 from doing this.

Upvotes: 2

JaredPar
JaredPar

Reputation: 754763

It's possible that you're running into a bug. If you see the obj folder being created but not containing any data and you see the expected files being created in the path you specified it may be an oversight.

If this is the case can you please file a bug on connect?

Upvotes: 1

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