Visual Studio Clean wiped contents of script source folder

Barry Briggs 1 Reputation point
2021-03-16T16:23:34.133+00:00

ASP.Net Core project, .NET 5. Have all my TS/JS in a folder called Scripts in wwwroot. Executing a "Clean" command on the solution wiped out all contents of the folder -- many days of work lost. In process of recovering but this seems like a bug or at least something VS should warn about. VS 16.9.0, W10.

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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 25,891 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-03-17T04:03:42.84+00:00

    Hi @Barry Briggs ,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    The Clean will remove all intermediate and output files created by the build process, such as .obj files.

    If the source folder is removed, please check if you add a custom target to your .csproj file and it will lead to clean all contents of your folder.

    In addition, you can also try to disable some third-party extensions from Extensions > Manage Extensions > Installed > select and Disable, then, relaunch your Visual Studio to check if it persists.

    Sincerely,
    Anna

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