Visual studio - set file location - visual-studio-2012

I have a VS project, but I moved some source, resource files to another location.
It's not easy for me to readd all again (cause of filled properties tab for custom build tools, etc.)
Is there any easy GUI way to change the included source file path? In XCode it's easy to do this, but I don't see any way in Visual Studio (currently using 2012).
Do I have to rewrite the xml build file?

I have finally find it. Easiest way is to edit the xml file .vcxproj. I just have to manually find the paths (they are relative... i dont really know why Microsoft did this, it is so stupid) in that xml and edit it.

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Hide specific files in IntelliJ IDEA

I know from Intellij IDEA. Hide .iml files that I can hide from the Project Tool Window specific file extensions on all directories. However, I have unsuccessfully tried to hide specific files (e.g. mymodule/blah.tgz) without getting all tgz files to hide as well. In Settings -> Editor -> File Type, at the bottom, I have tried specifying full and relative paths (e.g. ~/projects/mymodules/blah.tgz) without luck.
How can I achieve this? Is this supported at all? I'm using IntelliJ 14 Ultimate.
Please see the following comment.
How to hide unnecessary files from intellij project view?
I usually use the scope support in Idea to filter in/out files/folders in project tool window and other windows, i.e. Find.
I hope this helps.

Move solution in Source Control

I have a project under source control in Visual Studio 2012 using TFS2010. When I added this project, the solution was not added in the correct file folder location. I want to move the solution, but every time I try to do it within the Source Control Explorer I encounter an error: "The project file 'path/to/project.csproj' has been moved, renamed, or is not on your computer." What is causing this error? What is the proper way to move the solution to where I want it to be?
Move the solution file in TFS (this is more relevant if you have history you want to maintain)
Open the solution, it will complain that it can't load your projects, either edit the path to the project in the properties window, or remove each project and then re-add it. Check-in your changes
Delete the .suo file and try once. Has helped me in the past. This file is usually hidden. Restart VS after deleting.
The problem is the solution file has relative paths to the project files. I usually do any moving around when I first create the solution (before there are projects in it). However, in your case I would just use Source Control Explorer to move the solution, then edit the .sln file in a text editor and fix up the relative paths to the proj files.

Visual Studio: Exclude From Project Quickly

I have got thousands of files/folders inside a solution. For some reason I have to exclude them all and then include again in the project, to get the latest list of files.
The normal "Exclude From Project" in visual studio menu takes too much time. Is there a quick way to do it?
Thanks!
Put them all into one master folder and include that folder.
If some are files, you may also want to compile them and include the DLLs or the equivalent in whatever language you're using.

Visual Studio 2012 constantly complaining that a file has been modified outside of the source editor

I am working on a parser, using the parser generator ANTLR in Visual Studio. Naturally, ANTLR is continually regenerating certain files. Every single time it does this, VS has a popup saying:
The file has been modified outside of the source editor.
Do you want to reload it?
The answer I want is always Yes to All.
Is there any way to tell Visual Studioto always assume I want to reload auto-generated files, without prompting?
Click Tools then options then under the environment node on the left choose documents then check the box that says Auto-load changes, if saved:
If you are using Visual Studio's internal editor and you know that nobody else is editing the file, you might be wondering why that happens. In my case, I realized I was working on a continuously backed-up network folder, that's why the file got re-saved every time I made a change on it and saved. So, if you can move your file to a local, not-backed-up folder, that might also solve this problem.

Configure a Visual C++ 2010 project to use include folder as in Linux

I'm porting a Linux C project in Visual Studio 2010.
I have the following folder project structure under linux:
ProjectName->Src->Source C files
ProjectName->Header->Source H files related to C
How should I configure Visual Studio 2010 to recreate the same structure without compile errors ?
How to create the include folder and tell to the the compiler that is an include folder.
I cannot even add include files (existing elements) in a simple folder. They simply don't appear as I add it.
On the C/C++ configuration tab is the Additional Include Directories option. Set it to the following:
$(ProjectDir)/Header
That should do it. Don't forget to do it for all your configs (debug, release, etc).
Oh, and regarding adding new header files, when you open the Add.. option to add a new file, pay close attention to the BOTTOM of the dialog. it will tell you where it will be placed, and you can change it there.

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