If no activity is happening in a project for a while, you may prefer to close it. A closed project still displays the root folder in the Project Explorer, but you cannot expand it to see the project files and folders. A closed project cannot be modified, corrupted, or involved in group operations such as building all projects.
To close a project, select it in the Project Explorer and click on the menu. To close all projects except the selected one and its related projects, right-click the selected project and click Close Unrelated Projects on the context menu.
To reopen a closed project, select it in the Project Explorer and click on the menu.
If necessary, the Project Explorer can be customized to hide closed projects:
- Click the View Menu toolbar button and click Customize
View on the context menu.
- In the Available Customizations dialog box, go to the
Filters tab and flag the Closed projects
option. Click OK.
To reopen a closed project hidden from the Project Explorer, customize the Project Explorer settings to show closed projects. Then reopen the closed project as described above.