Reopen documents on Reload after file modification detected

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Reopen documents on Reload after file modification detected

Goran 1

I want to switch from VS2019 to VS2022, but I have a problem with reopening documents on reload on external change.

After external modification of the file is detected, it will offer to reload

In VS2019 opened documents (tabs) remain after reload, but in VS2022 all documents are closed!
It normally reopens documents on normal solution load.

Is this a bug or I'm missing a preferences check?

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Answer 1

Hi @Goran ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

If you select following two options, will it work?

Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > General > Reopen documents on solution load.
Tools > Options > Environment > Documents > Detect when file is changed outside the environment > Reload modified files unless there are unsaved changes.

If they don’t work, could you tell me the detailed version of Visual Studio 2022 that you are using, and please check this issue in a simple created project, and let me know if it is reproducible. If it is reproducible, could you also share me the steps to reproduce this issue?

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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Answer 2

Goran 1

Thank you Tianyu.

Both options are selected, so that's not the issue. Maybe I didn't explain the problem well... it doesn't appear when editing the files themselves, but when adding or deleting source files to the project.

These are currently the latest versions of the visual studio community, and the Projucer ( https://juce.com ) is used for external project management (C++).

Here is a short video that will clearly show what it is about

https://youtu.be/zXfvbTR3LY0

project https://github.com/gopo9/VS-test

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-01T09:51:46.313+00:00

Hi @Goran , thanks for sharing detailed information with me. I haven’t tested right now, will test later. Could you try following things currently: manually modify the files(delete/add the source files) and reload the projects then check if the same issue appears? Feel free to let me know the result.
Goran 1 Reputation point

2022-06-02T10:02:37.353+00:00

Adding and deleting via Solution Explorer works normally. And with manual external delete via Windows Explorer, VS does not register any change until it tries to access the deleted file. Both versions of VS do the same as expected.

The problem is obviously when modifying the project file itself, because Projucer overwrites the project file when adding/deleting (Save Project) the source file. The question is why does VS2022 close open files(tabs)?

Answer 3

Goran 1

It seems that it have been fixed in the last update, it behaves the same as the VS2019!

Thanks

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-22T10:08:25.24+00:00

Thanks for your feedback, if this issue appears again, please feel free to let us know.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Tianyu

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