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Frido Emans
Frido Emans

Reputation: 5606

Where are the project properties in visual studio 2017 when in Folder View?

Ultimately I try to set a file to be copied to the build output directory. But I ran in to the problem of not being able to locate the project properties. I know it should be there, am I overlooking something?

I follow this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/cpp/ide/general-property-page-project In the first line it suggests:

When you right-click on a project node in in Solution Explorer, and select Properties,

Assuming that I know what is referred to by the project node. Well I right-clicked and left-clicked about everything and anything in the whole VS and nowhere I find any properties. Also not of the file that should be included in the build. It feels like one of those cases of a blindspot or something, maybe someone out there can help me out?

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Upvotes: 5

Views: 10718

Answers (3)

user1023602
user1023602

Reputation:

You can see the projects in Solution Explorer, they have different icons to the other files.

Project files tend to have a square border:

  • Project file enter image description here
  • Source file enter image description here

I accept it is difficult to tell the difference - there as so many different icons.

Upvotes: 1

ske57
ske57

Reputation: 607

Click on View > Properties Window

VS17 Porperties window

To change the Solution Explorer View mode, click the button highlighted below:

Solution Explorer View mode

In your case it would be:

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Upvotes: 3

kuskmen
kuskmen

Reputation: 3775

I am afraid you are in Folder View of the Solution Explorer window which will not show your *.proj files, in order to change to project view click on the right icon next to Home and everything will be back to normal.(or at least as expected)

Upvotes: 11

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