A script to get rid of all .suo files (by renaming them to .suo.old) This is useful when Visual Studio decides to take a very long time to start or stop the debugger. See https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/583539 for details about the bug.

RemoveAllSuo.py

# Gets rid of all .suo files (by renaming them to .suo.old)
# This is useful when Visual Studio decides to take a very long time to start
# or stop the debugger.
# See https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/583539 for
# details about the bug

import os

suoFiles = []

for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
  # Ignore special folders like .hg, .git or .svn
  if "\\." in root or "/." in root:
    continue
  
  files = [ os.path.join( root, fi ) for fi in files if fi.endswith(".suo") ]
  if len(files) > 0:
    suoFiles.extend( files )

for suoFile in suoFiles:
  suffix = ""
  while os.path.exists( suoFile + ".old" + suffix ):
    if suffix == "":
      suffix = "1"
    else:
      suffix = str( int(suffix) + 1 )
    
  os.rename( suoFile, suoFile + ".old" + suffix )
  
print( str.format( "{0} .suo files renamed", len(suoFiles) ) )