Is there a way to drag & drop to copy files between two visual studio 2008 instances?

About the only way you can do that, is to right-click, Add Existing Item and browse for the file. Ridiculous, I know, but thats the way it is ;)


Very frustrating, I know.

The thing is that if you copy it directly to the file system, it may not be included in the TSF. My advice is:

  1. Copy, or drag the files from the file system (i.e. Windows Explorer)
  2. Paste, or drop them in the Visual Studio Solution Explorer

Worked for me :-)


Got me the Visual Studio extension Open In Explorer that provides a context menu option "copy files". This way you don't have to go over a windows explorer window.

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