Remove the project from the solution, by right clicking and selecting Remove.

Make sure you have checked in all changes, so you have no pending changes.

(Make sure you read comment below, as he notes that you can skip step 5-10) Unfortunately there isn't a one click solution in Visual Studio, but if you're running Visual Studio 2012 and your project is under source control with Team Foundation Server, here is how I got it to work, while keeping the source history:

Namespace of existing files (use the refactor tools in Visual Studio or ReSharper's inconsistent namespaces tool)Īlso consider modifying the values of the following assembly attributes:.

If you perform these steps then you might also consider renaming the following to match: Note: Other suggested solutions that involve removing and then re-adding the project to the solution will break project references.

Change the display name of the project, by highlighting it and pressing F2, or right-click > rename.

Reload the project - right-click > reload project.

(You may need to check-out the solution first in TFS, etc.) sln file directly in another editor such as Notepad++ and update the paths there instead.

If the property is not editable (as in Visual Studio 2012), then open the.

Set the property ' File Path' to the new location.

Open the properties window for the project (highlight the project and press Alt+ Enter or F4, or right-click > properties).

Go through all the unavailable projects and.

Open the solution, ignoring the warnings (answer 'no' if asked to load a project from source control).

Rename the folder(s) outside Visual Studio.*proj) and display name in Visual Studio: TFS users: If you are using source control that requires you to warn it before your rename files/folders then look at this answer instead which covers the extra steps required.

How to rename a folder