What does this red minus flag mean in visual studio?
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I believe this means the file is excluded from the build.
Note that this seems to be a bit different from “Exclude from project”, in that the file shows up in the listing, but if you right-click on it and look at Properties > General, Exclude from build is set to Yes.
If you set it to No, the red minus goes away.
One more datapoint, the project I imported started out as a VC6 project so this might be Visual Studio 2010’s way of representing a legacy setting that was different than Exclude from Project.
The other comment about it indicating a missing item shows an exclamation point icon, not a minus.