C#•3y ago

How to edit a sln file in visual studio 2022

can't believe that i have to ask this question.... guess it comes to show another example of microsoft f***king up... but how do i simply open a sln file to edit it within visual studio 2022? i tried double clicking / triple clicking / rapid fire clicking.... no dice..... can't believe that something that used to be so easy before has now become a mystery.... tried googling but you know,,,, it get's confused with opening a sln file with visual studio.... i'm talking about EDITING IT in actual TEXT! thanks... to anyone who has the patience to answer this stupid and frustrating question....

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Angius•3y ago

Open it with Notepad++ or something

230V•3y ago

That, and instead you could spend a few seconds to google visual studio edit sln Unload/close the solution, edit it (I think VS won't let you edit it, so use something external), load/open it

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Angius•3y ago

(I wish .sln files were at least somewhat human-readable... for how much MS loves XML, the weird format of .slns really is an outlier)

mtreit•3y ago

I like to think it was written by an intern in the mid 1990s and nobody ever wanted to attempt to touch it to make it more sane. I would never hand-edit a sln file. I just generate them on the fly using SlnGen most of the time.

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mtreit•3y ago

I'm not familiar with that. WAY back Microsoft used a source control system called Source Link Manager (SLM), pronounced "SLIME", that was extremely rudimentary and did all sorts of horrible things (like one developer holding a lock on a file would prevent anyone else from being able to work...) That was used in Windows. I don't know know what DevDiv used way back in the day. I only attempted to use SLM once. I somehow managed to corrupt the state for everyone (it was all centrally stored on a file share, behind the scenes) and it had to be restored from backup. I was too terrified to ever attempt to use it again.

KunikosOP•3y ago

i'm not angry!! i'm just passionate xD!!

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KunikosOP•3y ago

it comes with the passion xD. they have been messing up a lot. in almost every industry. i'm coming more from Rider but my team doesn't use rider cuz of the licenses. we are suppose to get it soon, but until then i have to deal with this crappy IDE which feels like it's been maintained by a bunch of crackheads. probably because the HQ is in seattle xD.

mtreit•3y ago

Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "private", "..\..\..\..\..\..\private", "{28AD4863-8920-4902-A8F6-6B259C2A3301}"
EndProject
Global
    GlobalSection(NestedProjects) = preSolution
        {570FE209-7210-4BCC-B6C3-7C855EFA02C4} = {C4A4F31B-2B96-4CB0-AE64-D285903E17D8}
        {C4A4F31B-2B96-4CB0-AE64-D285903E17D8} = {DB7A0EC3-73DC-416C-BE61-2D612DDA5204}
        {DB7A0EC3-73DC-416C-BE61-2D612DDA5204} = {44B8A80C-03FE-404A-8B32-25337B025A17}
        {50731752-9590-4F23-A822-D84DDA9A349F} = {84943E34-F567-4842-BD14-EE15D74C684F}
        {84943E34-F567-4842-BD14-EE15D74C684F} = {B3E0E3D5-8A06-4698-94A6-6A41A87B90B3}
        {02E61C33-754E-4D12-9D24-DA6B897DB5D6} = {82AA7845-CA3F-4B48-802C-746333C8E507}
        {82AA7845-CA3F-4B48-802C-746333C8E507} = {B3E0E3D5-8A06-4698-94A6-6A41A87B90B3}
        {04370CEE-1F0E-4383-AA51-3C67282B51A2} = {959F8E04-04DC-46A9-9447-C81F5129EEA3}
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Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "private", "..\..\..\..\..\..\private", "{28AD4863-8920-4902-A8F6-6B259C2A3301}"
EndProject
Global
    GlobalSection(NestedProjects) = preSolution
        {570FE209-7210-4BCC-B6C3-7C855EFA02C4} = {C4A4F31B-2B96-4CB0-AE64-D285903E17D8}
        {C4A4F31B-2B96-4CB0-AE64-D285903E17D8} = {DB7A0EC3-73DC-416C-BE61-2D612DDA5204}
        {DB7A0EC3-73DC-416C-BE61-2D612DDA5204} = {44B8A80C-03FE-404A-8B32-25337B025A17}
        {50731752-9590-4F23-A822-D84DDA9A349F} = {84943E34-F567-4842-BD14-EE15D74C684F}
        {84943E34-F567-4842-BD14-EE15D74C684F} = {B3E0E3D5-8A06-4698-94A6-6A41A87B90B3}
        {02E61C33-754E-4D12-9D24-DA6B897DB5D6} = {82AA7845-CA3F-4B48-802C-746333C8E507}
        {82AA7845-CA3F-4B48-802C-746333C8E507} = {B3E0E3D5-8A06-4698-94A6-6A41A87B90B3}
        {04370CEE-1F0E-4383-AA51-3C67282B51A2} = {959F8E04-04DC-46A9-9447-C81F5129EEA3}
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What's not to love?

KunikosOP•3y ago

lol

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mtreit•3y ago

That's normal

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mtreit•3y ago

You probably know it's a version

MODiX•3y ago

mtreit#6470

REPL Result: Success

Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());
Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());
Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());

Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());
Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());
Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid());

Console Output

e64d4bbd-28a9-4871-9121-5226c49b0598
5bc47861-6142-4dbf-97e7-05128aa719cd
8ae03200-2721-4832-a3ce-c5f0715addcf

e64d4bbd-28a9-4871-9121-5226c49b0598
5bc47861-6142-4dbf-97e7-05128aa719cd
8ae03200-2721-4832-a3ce-c5f0715addcf

Compile: 506.589ms | Execution: 19.480ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

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333fred•3y ago

That part of a UUID is not random. It's the version specifier .NET GUIDs are v4 UUIDs But seriously, I would not recommend manually editing a SLN file at all. Either use dotnet sln or VS

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mtreit•3y ago

New sln file format when

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mtreit•3y ago

Oh, ok, cool, no problem

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mtreit•3y ago

Compound?

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mtreit•3y ago

Hmm. Sounds slightly useful

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333fred•3y ago

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How to edit a sln file in visual studio 2022