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Is there a way to copy files between two Visual Studio 2008 instances ? A plugin, setting, or something else ? Currently, dragging a file from one instances to another does nothing (mouse shows that it's invalid operation).

Right-clicking a file and selecting "Copy" from instance 1, and pasting in instance 2 results in the following error:

"The source files for this operation cannot be found in this solution."

Any ideas or solutions ?

Thanks!

+1  A: 

About the only way you can do that, is to right-click, Add Existing Item and browse for the file. Ridiculous, I know, but thats the way it is ;)

hmcclungiii
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There's no direct way. One way would be to right click on the folder in the solution explorer, open the folder in explorer, then drag from there into the other instance of Visual Studio.

John Sheehan