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Reza Aghaei
Reza Aghaei

Reputation: 125197

How can I rename Publish Profile in Visual Studio 2017?

In Visual Studio 2017 when you create a custom Publish Profile, you don't have an option to set name of the profile and it creates profiles with default names like CustomProfile and CustomProfile1 and show them in Publish toolbar like this:

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In previous versions of Visual Studio, when you create a publish profile, there is a dialog asking for profile name. How can I rename publish profile in Visual Studio 2017?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 9555

Answers (4)

IngoB
IngoB

Reputation: 2989

This is not answering the question but may be an important node when renaming. In my case (VS 2022 17.5.2), after renaming the profile to something containing an underscore (e. g. "otp_test"), the new name is being shown with a double underscore and has to be used with double underscore like so:

MSBuild.exe mysolution.sln /p:PublishProfile=otp__test

which seems very weird to me.

The profile names in the combo box dropdown (only the drop down part of the combobox) are being shown correctly however.

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Upvotes: 0

Reza Aghaei
Reza Aghaei

Reputation: 125197

Visual Studio 2017 Version >= 15.3

In Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 you can rename the publish profile. Here are steps to rename a publish profile:

  1. Click on Edit Publish Profile button (gear icon enter image description here) on Publish toolbar.

  2. In the Publish page, from the drop-down that contains profiles, choose the profile that you want to rename.

  3. In the Summary section OR Under the Actions dropdown (enter image description here) , Click Rename profile... link.

  4. In the Rename Profile window, enter the new name and click Save button.

The profile name will be changed immediately and if you open the drop-down menu, you will see the new name for the profile.

If you are using a version lower than 15.3, then you can upgrade to 15.3 or read the next part of the answer.

Workaround for Visual Studio 2017 Version < 15.3

Publish profiles are .pubxml files and Visual Studio 2017 shows a list of file names in Publish toolbar. To change name of publish profile, you should change file name and then unload and reload project.

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Here are the steps to rename publish profile:

  1. Go to Solution Explorer → Project → Properties → PublishProfiles
  2. Choose the file which you want to rename it and rename it.
  3. Right click on Project and choose Unload Project
  4. Right click on Project and choose Reload Project

Upvotes: 19

silkfire
silkfire

Reputation: 25945

When publishing a console app, the option is a bit hidden away:

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Upvotes: 9

Liam
Liam

Reputation: 5476

Just in case you can't find the PublishProfiles folder, in my web project (VS 2017 / 15.2) it is under My Project -> PublishProfiles.

Just open a file explorer window onto it and rename the offending item.

Upvotes: 0

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