>Hi everybody,
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>I'm wondering can I rename a class in the project (from the Solution explorer) and what consequences I may have if I do?
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>Thanks a lot in advance.

Do you want to rename the class or the file (containing the class) or both?

Like Sylvain said you can use Refactor->Rename from the right-click context menu to rename the class.

The refactor feature in VS is very powerful and useful.