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Project Renamifier

Project Renamifier

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Safely rename projects in Visual Studio. Updates the project file, directory, namespaces, using statements, fully qualified references, and project references across your entire solution.
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Project Renamifier

Rename projects the way it should have always worked!

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Tired of the tedious, error-prone process of renaming a project in Visual Studio? Say goodbye to manual find-and-replace across dozens of files! Project Renamifier handles everything automatically - one click, one dialog, done!

✨ Features

When you rename a project, this extension handles all of the following automatically:

Feature Description
Project file rename Renames the .csproj file to match the new name
Directory rename Renames the parent directory if it matches the old project name
Project properties Updates RootNamespace and AssemblyName in the project file
Namespace declarations Updates all namespace declarations in source files
Using statements Updates using, global using, using static, and using aliases across the solution
Fully qualified references Updates references like OldName.MyClass to NewName.MyClass
Project references Updates ProjectReference paths in all projects that reference the renamed project
Solution structure Preserves solution folder organization

The extension shows a progress dialog with step-by-step status as it performs the rename operation, and includes error handling with rollback support if something goes wrong.

📸 Screenshots

Rename Dialog

Progress Dialog

🛠️ Installation

Visual Studio Marketplace

  1. Open Visual Studio 2022 or 2026
  2. Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions
  3. Search for "Project Renamifier"
  4. Click Download and restart Visual Studio

Manual Installation

Download the latest .vsix from the Releases page and double-click to install.

🚀 Usage

  1. Right-click on a project in Solution Explorer
  2. Select Renamify Project
  3. Enter the new project name in the dialog
  4. Click Rename and watch the magic happen!

💻 Supported Versions

Visual Studio Architectures
Visual Studio 2022 (17.x) x64 (amd64), ARM64
Visual Studio 2026 (18.x) x64 (amd64), ARM64

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Whether it's bug reports, feature requests, or pull requests - all feedback helps make this extension better.

🔧 Development Setup

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Open the solution in Visual Studio 2022 or 2026
  3. Ensure you have the "Visual Studio extension development" workload installed
  4. Install the Extensibility Essentials 2022 extension
  5. Press F5 to launch the experimental instance

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.


👥 Contributors

CalvinAllen facebbs1235 rgatkinson


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