>Hmmm, I don't usually deploy from this directory but maybe that is an option. I typically run the "Publish Website" from the build menu which will create another directory with all the files needed to be published. It is a bit un-intuitive to have your solution files placed in a sepeate folder somewhere else in the development root folder.

I finally found a few articles searching with google that discussed this issue. Many of the writers had the same issues I was having of wanting to know where my files are so I can control them and understand how they fit together. One of the issues being discusses was how problematic things can get sometimes when you want different projects to share common code bases in this regard, and setting that up.

I finally while experimenting just changed the VS Tools Options Projects and Solutions 'project locations' to match the working folder I am using for doing the MM.NET jump starts. I then created the project afresh. It is clear that Visual Studio really wants to put the .sln and .suo files in a separate folder, not in the 'web site' folder I suppose is how I must think of it. Creating the project than created both folders in my MM.NETJumpStart folder, as OrderSystemWebCSharp for the actual code and other objects, and it automatically creates a folder named OrderSystemWebCSharp (2) where it drops the .sln and .suo files.

Also, I had experimented with just moving the .sln and .suo files into the same folder. I tried the advice on editing the .sln file reference, and could not find where it referred to the original file path under 'My Projects' folder structure. I just opened VS fresh, opened the project from its new location, and it seemed to self-correct, the path in the properties to the project file was changed automatically in the Solution Explorer.

Thanks for the responses.
Ron.

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