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Change the default project name of a Visual Studio Project
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I want to change the default project name for all projects in Visual Studio. Whenever I create a new project in Visual Studio, I want it to show the name that I have defined. For example, it should display names like 'NewWindowsApp1', 'NewWindowsApp2', and so on. And not 'WindowsApplication1', 'WindowsApplication2' ...
How can I achieve this? What file Do I have to modify and how?
I have already tried modifying the below tags in 'WindowsApplication.vstemplate' file but it did not work
<DefaultName>NewWindowsApp</DefaultName>
<ProvideDefaultName>true</ProvideDefaultName>
Developer technologies Visual Studio Other
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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2024-05-24T09:46:20.3966667+00:00 Hello, which version of Visual Studio are you using? Do you want to change the default project name when creating new project? Is it Installed templates and user templates?
Please share us detailed information to reproduce it further.
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2024-05-25T04:43:55.1966667+00:00 Currently, I am using Visual Studio 2017. Yes, I want to change the default project name when creating new project. It is installed Template which is in this path.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\WDExpress\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\Windows\1033\WindowsApplication -
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2024-05-28T04:43:41.8433333+00:00 Hello, Visual Studio 2017 is out of mainstream support. Could you try it in Visual Studio 2019 or 2022?
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