VS2010: how to remove/hide the "External Dependencies" folder in Solution Explorer

Posted by Andreas Bonini on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Andreas Bonini
Published on 2010-03-17T22:13:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 22:13 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 275

Filed under:

visual-studio

|

visual-studio-2010-beta-2

In VS2010 they added to all projects a virtual directory called "External Dependencies":

alt text

It really bothers me especially because if there is a normal folder named "Apple" and one named "Deep" it will be in between the two, and, well, it just bothers me.

Is there any way to remove or hide it?

The information it gives is also totally useless:

alt text

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about visual-studio

The Visual Studio development environment crashes when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 20

as seen on Dot net Slackers - Search for 'Dot net Slackers'
983279 ... The Visual Studio development environment crashes when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or Visual Studio 2010This RSS feed provided by kbAlerz.com.Visit kbAlertz.com to subscribe. It's 100% free and you'll be able to recieve e-mail or RSS updates for the technologies… >>> More
The Visual Studio development environment crashes when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 20

as seen on Dot net Slackers - Search for 'Dot net Slackers'
983279 ... The Visual Studio development environment crashes when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or Visual Studio 2010This RSS feed provided by kbAlerz.com.Visit kbAlertz.com to subscribe. It's 100% free and you'll be able to recieve e-mail or RSS updates for the technologies… >>> More
Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional to Visual Studio 2010

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
With Visual Studio 2010 right around the corner, what does Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional upgrade to in Visual Studio 2010? Do I get 2010 for free, if I buy this flavor of 2008 now? >>> More
C# development with Mono and MonoDevelop

as seen on Developer IT - Search for 'Developer IT'
In the past two years, I have been developing .NET from my MacBook by running Windows XP into VM Ware and more recently into Virtual Box from OS X. This way, I could install Visual Studio and be able to work seamlessly. But, this way of working has a major down side: it kills the battery of my laptop…… >>> More
ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

as seen on ASP.net Weblogs - Search for 'ASP.net Weblogs'
I’m happy to announce that the final release of ASP.NET MVC 2 is now available for VS 2008/Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with ASP.NET 3.5. You can download and install it from the following locations: Download ASP.NET MVC 2 using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer Download… >>> More

Related posts about visual-studio-2010-beta-2

Is Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 usable?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Half a year ago, I tried Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, but it was still way too buggy for production use. However, I really like some of the new features - Should I bother installing Beta 2 or is it still too buggy? >>> More
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Startup Failures

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
I’ve been working with VS 2010 Beta 2 for a while now and while it works Ok most of the time it seems the environment is very, very fragile when it comes to crashes and installed packages. Specifically I’ve been working just fine for days, then when VS 2010 crashes it will not re-start. Instead I… >>> More
SQL Server Modeling Services with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
Learn how to use SQL Modeling Services to hunt for interdependencies without having to access source code. >>> More
SQL Server Modeling Services with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
Learn how to use SQL Modeling Services to hunt for interdependencies without having to access source code. >>> More
Problem debugging web part on SharePoint 2010 beta and Visual Studio 2010 beta

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have created a "Hello World" web part. When I pressed F5 in Visual Studio 2010, I got the following error. I have already got Microsoft SharePoint Foundation User Code Service started. Can anyone shine some light on this? I do not see Microsoft SharePoint Sandboxed code service in my Central admin… >>> More