Create your new project in VS2005. then go to the folder (using Explorer) for your old project, copy all the files to the new folder with the exception of the old proj files, then go back to VS2005 and add existing items at the project level, select all the files to add and let 'er rip...




>I'm new to .NET development, although I have worked with VS2005 and VC++ for
>a while.
>
>A frequent task for me is to create a new project for a new version of my
>program, without destroying the previous version. In VC++ I could use Windows Explorer and copy the contents of the previous project folder to a new project folder, and rename the project, start VS2005, and then add that new project to a solution without much trouble.
>
>That doesn't seem to work so well with C# .NET development.
>
>Could you suggest strategies for copying a C# .NET project for creating a
>new project?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim