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Visual Studio solution file headers - 2002 through 2017
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| ********************************************************************************************* | |
| ** Below is the header text written in the .sln files produced by Microsoft Visual Studio. ** | |
| ** By default, each header is preceeded by a new line character (CRLF) in the .sln file. ** | |
| ** I've identified the specific Visual Studio version used to create each header in place ** | |
| ** of this blank line and indicated each as such >> VSVERSION <<. ** | |
| ********************************************************************************************* | |
| ** DO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM THIS LINE IN YOUR .SLN FILE. REPLACE THIS WITH A NEW LINE ** | |
| ** CHARACTER (CRLF) OR JUST DELETE IT ENTIRELY. OTHERWISE VISUAL STUDIO WILL NOT BE ABLE ** | |
| ** TO READ THE .SLN FILE TO OPEN THE SOLUTION. ** | |
| ********************************************************************************************* | |
| ** Additionally, the "VisualStudioVersion" and "MinimumVisualStudioVersion" in the headers ** | |
| ** for VS2013, VS2015 and VS2017 appear to be optional. I can't say if they will remain so ** | |
| ** in future VS releases, but .sln files without these lines for these VS versions seem to ** | |
| ** work just fine in my own testing. ** | |
| ********************************************************************************************* | |
| >> VS2002 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 7.0 | |
| >> VS2003 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.0 | |
| >> VS2005 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.0 | |
| >> VS2005 (Beta 1) << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.0 | |
| # Visual Studio 2005 | |
| >> VS2008 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 2008 | |
| >> VS2010 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 2010 | |
| >> VS2012 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 2012 | |
| >> VS2013 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 2013 | |
| VisualStudioVersion = 12.0.31101.0 | |
| MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 | |
| >> VS2015 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 14 | |
| VisualStudioVersion = 14.0.23107.0 | |
| MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 | |
| >> VS2017 << | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 | |
| # Visual Studio 15 | |
| VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27130.2027 | |
| MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 |
See updated version with VS 2019 (and VS 2022 soon!), plus a Python script to parse and determine the VS version from a solution file: https://gist.github.com/bl-ue/4f787ddc63a4becbe928cf54586b48cd
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Thank you! Saved me a bunch of time tracking these down.