Visual Studio Files explained?

Don't know where to look either, but i know some:

.dsp: The project file of VS6, don't delete
.vcproj: The project file of VS2002++, don't delete

.dsw: The workspace file of VS6, can be deleted, but shouldn't
.sln: The workspace file of VS2002++, can be deleted, but shouldn't

.ncp: The browse info is kept there. If Intellisense is acting up, delete it. Also safe to delete
.clw: VS6: The class wizard info. Can be deleted, will be rebuilt on opening the class wizard.

.old, .plg: Safe to delete

There's more, i'm pretty sure...

interesting, windows already has the descriptions of the file formats for me.

Last time I checked they were all text files, it'll give you a good idea of what the file does if not the complete picture. Anyway, the previous post gives a relatively thorough description of the major formats.

- Jordan

The following is my list of extentions that are generated from files in your project (so it's safe to delete them - they will just be recreated).

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.ilk .obj .pdb .idb .pch .res .resources .ncb BuildLog.htm

That text can be used as an exclusion list for xcopy, which is the reason I have it.

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Original post by Andrew Russell The following is my list of extentions that are generated from files in your project (so it's safe to delete them - they will just be recreated). Quote: .ilk .obj .pdb .idb .pch .res .resources .ncb BuildLog.htm That text can be used as an exclusion list for xcopy, which is the reason I have it.

It is not necessarily safe to delete .res/.resx/.resources files if you are using embedded resources or programmatically generated resources in your project. If you are merely generating binary .resources files from .resx files (which is the accepted practice AFAIK), then you can delete the .resources files if you want.