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Ben Randall
Ben Randall

Reputation: 1293

How to set Visual Studio 2015 as the default editor for older projects

Visual Studio 2015 is backwards compatible with 2013. As a result, it doesn't upgrade solution files that you open with 2015 at all.

Now, I recently installed Visual Studio 2013 and whenever I open a solution (.sln) file, it uses the Visual Studio Version selector to pick Visual Studio 2013 instead of 2015.

How can I configure the Visual Studio Version Selector to use the highest valid version instead of the specific version indicated without necessarily modifying the .sln file (discussed here: How to force a Solution file (SLN) to be opened in Visual Studio 2013?). I want to avoid breaking others who might not be using 2015 yet.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3637

Answers (2)

Atom
Atom

Reputation: 1673

  1. Find your project(.sln file), right click and select "properties".
  2. Under "General" option, click "Change" button behind "Opens with" item.
  3. Select "VS2015" then click OK. Done~

Upvotes: 2

zigzag
zigzag

Reputation: 627

Even if you update .sln file to open with VS2015 by default, it will still work with VS2013. MinimumVisualStudioVersion parameter inside .sln will let users with VS2013 to open solution normally.

I prefer to update .sln files as described here.

  1. Open solution you wish to upgrade in VS2015
  2. Select the solution file in Solution Explorer
  3. Select File / Save MySolution.sln As...
  4. Overwrite the existing solution file.

Upvotes: 3

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