[galagali]

After compressing my VB/C# projects, I opened the compressed folders and when I clicked on the project solution, the project did not open properly. It said the system could not find the file specified. However, when I went back to the original folder (the unzipped folder), the program ran fine. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Suppose I send the zipped file via email to someone. Would the person on the other end be able to run the project properly? Would he/she have to save that project on his/her own computer in order for the program to run properly?

[PsychoCoder]

Ok, since this isn't a programming help topic I'm going to move this to Computer Support & Operating Systems

[JackOfAllTrades]

Sounds like it could be a full path vs. relative path issue?

[FlashM]

Is it possible that you're not zipping the top-most folder of your solution? I zipped my solutions hundreds of times and never encountered this kind of problem...

[tlhIn`toq]

I'm gong to throw my hat into the path-related ring.

All of my projects are on an external drive (K:) so I can run them from my desktop or laptop as needed.
But if you move them to a different drive, or nest them in a folder they weren't originally in, then you get that error.

Original
K:\\Code\tlhintoq\solution1
K:\\Code\tlhintoq\solution1\Project1
K:\\Code\tlhintoq\common\RegExProject.sln

becomes
C:\\Projects\imported\solution1
C:\\Projects\imported\solution1\Project1
C:\\Projects\imported\RegExProject.sln

So all of a sudden the sub-projects that are part of that solution all reside in a different location.


If you email the project to someone they would have to place the files in the same path structure you used.
This is why I never use the Visual Studio default path of C:\\{userdocuments\Visual Studio\Projects because it is hard for someone else to replicate.
But it's fairly easy for anyone to create a K:\\Code\ directory even if they have to re-assign the letter of a USB flash drive, or a portable passport drive etc.

[Robin19]

I would check the thing I forget to do all of the time.

Did you unzip the folder? That sounds like the error message I get when trying to open a solution from inside a zipped folder. It can't grab the other files because they are still zipped. You must unzip and save to a new location and then open the solution.