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Opening a VS 2003 C ++ Project in VS 2008

Found old code, around VS 2003. Now I only have VS 2008 (SP1) installed. When I try to open the * .sln file it tries to convert projects. The report states that it was done successfully, but the solution is empty, labeled "project file has been unloaded". VS 2008 doesn't even include opening the * .vcproj file.

Does anyone know how I can convert my solution?

PS: I've found several conversion tools that convert from VS 2005 to 2008 and vice versa - no one looks back to 2003 :(

As always, thanks for your help and time!

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I suggest to manually convert the project by creating a new proj. If you're having problems now, you won't be able to find out later by trying another import method.



On the side of the note - I'm on vs2005 and I often get 2008 projects handed over to me. I go to sln and proj files and rename version numbers and it works fine. Hope it works for you!

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Perhaps you could convert your solution from VS2003 to VS2005 first and then do another conversion from VS2005 to VS2008 ???



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Secondary Klathzazts "manually changing version numbers." this is often the best solution for working with VSC ++ when something went wrong during the upgrade process.

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