How To Upload, Send Clean Visual Studio Projects

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Basic CMYKHow many times have you wanted to send a project to a friend or upload it to a web site like MSDN Code Gallery only to find that your zip file has lots of stuff that you don't need to send in it making the file larger than it needs to be?

  • bin folder
  • obj folder
  • TestResults folder
  • Resharper folders

And then if you forget about removing Source Control bindings whoever gets your project will be prompted about that.  As someone who does this process a great deal I decided to share with you my code for cleaning a project.

Get Clean Project - Cleans Visual Studio Solutions For Uploading or Email from MSDN.

Thanks to Ron Jacobs.

Bruce D. KyleISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation

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