Hi I stand to correction but from what i understand the basic reason is that Visual Web Developer only handles web projects , and since the solution files basically keep different projects together its not really need when only displaying one project of the same type. But since all Web Site / Projects need a solution file it is created by default in folder that you mentioned.
Also if you take the web site to another PC you do not need the solution file. Web developer will still be able to open the web site just fine. In fact it will create a new solution file on the pc that you copied the project to. Not sure if this clarifies it, if not i can explain a bit more if needed. On Nov 10, 5:18 am, Benj Nunez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I would just like to know why the solution file (*.sln) in Visual Web > Developer needs to > be saved *separately* from its own set of project files? > > I noticed that the default location of the Solution file (*.sln) of > Visual Web Developer is under > C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\Visual Studio > 2008\Projects folder. > > I changed it to D:\Benj\VWD\Solutions (under Tools->Options) so that > whenever I create some projects, I'm expecting that the Solution file > (*.sln) gets saved there as well (to the folder where its associated > project files are). Apparently it's not. The Solution file gets saved > from a folder outside its own associated files. Is this the way how to > manage web projects in Visual Web Developer? I had to manually copy > the *.sln file and paste it > to the folder where its associated files are located (*.cs, *.aspx, > etc.) because if not, I won't be able to open the files especially if > I want to take the project files elsewhere. > > Thank you in advance for helping me out with this. > > Benj
