Is there any way to get Visual Studio to reload all projects when the .proj files have changed?

Question

If I do an svn update while I have Visual Studio open and a number of project files have changed (but not the solution file) I have to wait and click yes on the reload project dialog box every time. Sometimes this can take a while depending on how many projects have changed and how slow my pc is being.

Is there a way to say 'reload all' after the first dialog pops up, like holding down shift to force no to all in the Windows Explorer dialog? (note: I already tried this, it doesn't work)

Answer 1

Use a tool like VisualSVN to automate the process for you. It allows you to perform the update within Visual Studio, then automatically reloads the projects that have been modified.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, VS doesn't come with a way to do this. A probable workaround is to touch the solution file before activation VS. It would then reload the whole solution.

There must, however, be ways to do this programmatically, since I remember CMake solutions asking me whether I wanted to reload the whole solution after individual projects were re-generated. CMake is Open Source, so if you're really desperate, you might want to look into it.