In Visual Studio, .NET programming, how can I specify a file link from a project link?

Question

I intend to combine a bunch of .NET projects in separate solutions into one solution. Some of the projects appear in several solutions. All this happens to be C #, but I don’t think it matters. We have a full range of projects, class design, window forms, website, web services.

Links between projects are a combination of file links (Add Reference → Browse Tab) and project links (Add Reference → Projects Tab). I want to change links to links to links to projects when all projects are in the same solution.

Is there anywhere that Visual Studio UI (I am using Visual Studio 2008) allows me to distinguish a project link from a file link? Otherwise, is there an easy way to tell by looking at the project file using another tool or even a text editor?

Answer 1

The property Specific Versionwill not be displayed in the project links.

Answer 2

Go to Project → Project Dependencies. It will only show links to projects. Other links will be assembly links.

Answer 3

VS shows the properties for all files in the solution / project, and if you look at the properties in the properties window, you will see the path, this is how I do it.