>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

You can copy the project and it's elements to a new location, and then create a new solution and attach the new project.