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Did you know... You can create temp or "throw away" projects - #158

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If you need to create small projects to try things out, or not sure how you want to setup things before you save, there’s a tools options for this.  With this option enabled, the New Project Dialog Location and other fields will be gone.  In the case you accidentally get in this state, here’s how to get out of it.

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You can find this option under Tools – Options – Projects and Solutions – General, and it is the Save new projects when created.  

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  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2008
    PingBack from http://www.biosensorab.org/2008/02/25/did-you-know-you-can-create-temp-or-throw-away-projects-158/

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    You've been kicked (a good thing) - Trackback from DotNetKicks.com

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    That is possibly the single most time-saving tip I've read in the last year. Thank you so much.

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    I can't seem to get this functionality to work.  Are there other options that might alter the functionality?  I've tested creating a new project from the start page and adding a new project to an existing solution with the checkbox in both states in VS 2008; surely I'm missing something?

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2008
    Hi Sarah, Great blog.  I was not able to find the above option in Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.  Do you know if there is a way to perform this task in that software? Thanks,

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2008
    Despite the fact that I restarted VS after changing the option, it magically took effect later in the day.  Perhaps I had an extra VS instance open that I didn't notice.

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2008
    Doesn't work for C++ projects.

  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2008
    Always use naming convensions to name controls . That makes it easy.

  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2008
    Awesome! Thanks a lot.

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2008
    please am computer science student in ethiopia and doin my final project on billing system of electiric power corporation on c# language  help me

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
    ben serkan admin olmak istiyorum ve kendime program yapmak isitoyrum..

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    It appears to work for Visual C# 2008 Express, but not Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2008
    Comando Update para atualizar dados em banco Access. Como utilizar??

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2008
    Sean Dockery - It does work in Visual Wb Developer 2008. As stated above - at the bottom of the options screen, check "Show all settings". Then you'll see the projects and solutions node ..

  • Anonymous
    April 17, 2008
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