SYSK 69: Visual Studio – Controlling Which Files Are Saved At Build Time

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Did you know you can modify what gets saved before building?  Go to Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> Build and Run settings.  The first combo box is ”Before building”, which has the following options:

      - Save all changes (default)

      - Save changes to open documents only

      - Prompt to save all changes

      - Don’t save any changes

Set it to the choice that best fits your needs