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Show Missing Files

Show Missing Files

David Gardiner

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Find files references in project files that don't exist on disk, and optionally files that do exist on disk that aren't included in a project. Runs on Build. Missing files are listed in Error List window.
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A Visual Studio extension that looks for file references in projects that refer to files that do not physically exist on the file system. It can also optionally warn about files on disk that are not included in a project.

The Visual Studio 2019 version can be found here.

You can trigger the extension by performing a build on the solution or an individual project.

Missing files are listed in the Error List window. Double-click on an item in the list to navigate to the relevant location in the Solution Explorer.

Right-click on one or more similar items to get a context menu with options to fix the selected warnings.

Updates

  • v1.0 - Original release
  • v1.1 - Fixed navigating to missing item in Solution Explorer
  • v1.2 - Options page
  • v2.0 - New feature - warn about files on disk that are not included in project
  • v2.1 - Minor memory usage optimisations
  • v2.2 - Fix compatibility with VS 2013
  • v2.3 - Bug fixes
  • v2.5 - VS 2017 compatible (thanks @gentoo90)
  • v2.6 - Only scan projects that are being built
  • v2.6.5 - Handle relative paths to projects (thanks @medalex)
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