How to: Upgrade Projects Created in Earlier Versions of Visual Studio

You can use these steps to convert a solution or project that was created in an version of Visual Studio to the format that is used by the current version.

To upgrade a project that was created in an earlier version of Visual Studio

1. In Visual Studio, on the File menu, click Open and then click Project/Solution, Web Site, or File, depending on the kind of project you are upgrading.

2. Select a .vcproj, .vbproj, .csproj, .vjsproj, or .sln file, and then click OK.

   If Visual Studio detects that the project or file was created in an earlier version of Visual Studio, the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard opens.

3. Complete the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard.

   For more information about how to use the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard and how to handle failed upgrades, see Visual Studio Conversion Wizard.

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Converting a Visual Studio .NET 2003 Web Project to a Visual Studio Web Application Project

Concepts

Web Project Conversion from Visual Studio .NET

How to: Upgrade Wizard-Generated Managed Extensions for C++ Code

Reference

/Upgrade (devenv.exe)

Visual Studio Conversion Wizard

Other Resources

Upgrading Applications Created in Previous Versions of Visual Basic