Question

Using Visual Studio 2005.

Is there anything in the .sln or .vcproj files (or anywhere else) that defines the project type / subtype?

Edit: What I mean is that when you create a project, you first choose a language (e.g. Visual C#), then a project type (e.g. Windows) and then a subtype (e.g. Console Application).

Where is this information stored within the VS files?

Answer 1

Some further research and I found this:

INFO: List of known project type Guids.

My .sln file contains:

Visual Studio 2005
Project(‘{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}’) = ‘AddNumbers’, ‘AddNumbers.csproj’, ‘{2C81C5BB-E3B0-457E-BC02-73C76634CCD6}’

The link shows:

Project Type Description Project Type Guid
Windows (C#) {FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}

So it’s Windows C# and the subtype is as per @HardCode’s reply. In my case, it’s ‘Console Application’.