Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files folder created when every new VS instance is opened.

Question

Hi,

I think I have something broken with the path that VS 2008 saves the backup files. Since few days, it creates a new "Visual Studio 2008" directory in the same folder that my .sln file exists. Then, after the time of the first auto-save expires, the backup files are being saved to this folder.

I browsed the tools-options dialog but I haven't found a way to set the directory to by static: C:\documents and setings\\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files.

Can anybody point me with the right solution to this problem (probably the correct registry entry - I guess) ? thanks

Answer 1

Check here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0

Fixing the paths there should do the trick, take a special look at VisualStudioLocation which by default points to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2008

Answer 2

Has anyone got this to work?

I find that every time I start Visual Studio, it changes them all back to use the user profile area. Which is annoying, as I'm currently doing some work for a client who'se sys admins have put very tight limits on everyone's profile space, and it blows out.

Rob - PaxMondeo