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Sergey
Sergey

Reputation: 8091

How to convert project from VS2012 to VS2013

Funny question but I stacked on it. I opened in VS2013 solution file which uses VS2012, but it still doesn't show me any screen for upgrade solution to VS2013. I mean I can open this project in VS 2013 and it works but solution file still shows that it use VS2012

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According to this article some wizard should be shown, but it doesn't http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms185327(v=vs.100).aspx

Upvotes: 7

Views: 8187

Answers (3)

Rich
Rich

Reputation: 61

Open the project using VS2013, then go the the directory that the project is in and change the extension of the Solution file (*.sln) to something like *.sln_12. Now save the project and a new sln file will be created.

Upvotes: 6

Sergey
Sergey

Reputation: 8091

Found the answer. We need to correct manually the Visual Studio sln file like this

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 2013
VisualStudioVersion = 12.0.21005.1
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1

Upvotes: 6

Ulugbek Umirov
Ulugbek Umirov

Reputation: 12807

Check this url http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/06/12/vs-2013-can-load-vs-2012-and-vs-2010-projects.aspx. It supports round-tripping with older versions of visual studio so it doesn't upgrade solution/project file automatically.

Upvotes: 1

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