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In Visual Studio 2008, what determines the order in which projects appear within a solution folder? It’s not alphabetical order, nor is it build order.
I cannot find any way of altering the order in which projects are being listed. I’ve tried removing my .suo file, as well as moving things about in the .sln file. Neither had any effect.
How can I change the order in which my projects are being displayed?
There is a feedback Request already placed at Connect.Microsoft.com so, you will have to wait for the permanent solution.
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/468874/solution-explorer-project-sort-order (replaced with Wayback Machine link as original was removed)
Temporary workarounds are available but not good enough I feel. One of them is:
(As per http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/79d46a69-386e-4ad8-b9cb-b00d4252495b/?prof=required )
Or use http://solutionsorter.codeplex.com/ to alter SLN for permanent fix if your solution folders are not nested (it ate my solution)
But this will not work if you close and open the solution.