.csproj file opens VisualStudio to nothing

David Thielen 2,281

Hi all;

This is a super weird one.

There is a program that creates a couple of .cs files and a .csproj file for use. Generally you then open the .csproj file in Visual Studio and you have the project, with the associated .cs files. And it then wants to create a .sln file.

But in one case, it opens and there's nothing. It opens the .csproj file with no complaints, but the Solution Explorer is blank. Not even a solution node. And the Save Solution As... menu item is greyed out. Yet it had no complaints when opening the file.

The .csproj file appears to be identical to the others auto-generated that work fine. So why does it fail for this one case?

thanks - dave

168432-full-golden-cross-algo-c.txt (rename to .csproj)

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Viorel 112.7K Reputation points

2022-01-25T19:56:11.123+00:00

The normal project files seem different in certain cases.

What kind of applications and Visual Studio do you have?
David Thielen 2,281 Reputation points

2022-01-25T20:19:19.54+00:00

The files are created by the app QuantConnect.

I have VIsualStudio 2019 (version 16.8.2)
Viorel 112.7K Reputation points

2022-01-25T20:44:34.427+00:00

The project file seems to work in Visual Studio 2022. On exit, it also asks for solution file.