CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010
user738383
user738383

Reputation: 607

How to find out what type of project I have in Visual Studio 2010

Someone sent me a project and I want to create the same type of project (like... WCF Application or Portable Service Class). I've looked around Visual Studio 2010 and don't see any obvious place where it's stated what type it is.

Does anyone have an answer?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 11252

Answers (2)

Enoque
Enoque

Reputation: 21

In the registry

  1. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio{VisualStudioVersion}_Config\Projects\
  2. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio{VisualStudioVersion}_Config\Packages\

The Project TypeId from the project file can be used to find the relevant information under the first registry path. If further information is required you can for the "Package" key searching under the second registry path.

ps. {VisualStudioVersion} must be substituted with the version you are checking against ie. 10.0 (2010) or 11.0 (2012)

Upvotes: 2

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 498904

Open the project file in a text editor - there is a ProjectGuid element which identifies the type of project.

See this list that maps some of these guids to project types.

Upvotes: 15

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