02.12 Creating Temporary Projects

WINDOWS

Alt,T, O

MENU

Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions | General

COMMAND

Tools.Options

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipProj0010

Temporary projects are particularly useful for showing a colleague some trick or technique quickly, or for performing ad hoc demos. To create temporary projects, select Tools | Options | Projects And Solutions | General and clear the Save New Projects When Created check box, as shown in the following illustration.

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While convenient, the option has some side effects. For example, when you subsequently create a new project, the New Project dialog box does not show the usual “save” fields ...

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