Visual Studio: Changing the Default Projects Save Location

These instructions explain how to change the default folder in which Visual Studio creates and saves your new projects.

  1. Go to Tools menu > Options.

  2. The Visual Studio Options window appears. Expand Projects and Solutions, then choose Locations:

  3. The default Projects Location in which Visual Studio creates and saves your projects is C:\Users\<YOUR_USERNAME>\Source\Repos. To change this, hit the ... button to the right of the Projects Location box.

  4. Navigate to the folder you wish to use, then hit Select Folder.

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    TIP: Visual Studio creates a folder for itself inside your Documents folder during installation. Your instructor suggests creating a Projects folder inside the Visual Studio folder, then using that as your default location.

  5. Hit OK to save your changes.