Visual Studio 2012 - Copy "Views" and "Content" to project Output Path

Question

I have an MVC project and would like to have the build output to a different directory. I have set the Output Path in the project properties and this takes care of where all the .DLL's are deployed but how do I have my Views and Content folders move there as well?

I realize I could use post-build events to move the files but I feel like there is an easier way (which I may have done before...).

Does [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/13575551/147211) work for you? — KMoraz, Apr 02 '13 at 21:25
@KMoraz Thanks. I did see that one but it seemed a little off to me. I answered my own question below. — Ryan Bosinger, Apr 02 '13 at 21:48

Ryan Bosinger · Answer 1 · 2013-04-03T14:43:12.920

I ended up going with Post-build events because it was easy enough...

Robocopy $(ProjectDir)Views $(TargetDir)..\Views /s
Robocopy $(ProjectDir)Content $(TargetDir)..\Content /s
Copy $(ProjectDir)Web.config $(TargetDir)..\Web.config

This will still use output path variable set within the Visual Studio project properties. This was important to me because some team members are quite junior and I would like the set-up process to be straight forward.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:06

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A bit late but I think you need to set 'WebProjectOutputDir' too. For my project I have:

WebProjectOutputDir=ReleaseFolder

and

OutDir=ReleaseFolder\bin

answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:06

Joey

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This works, and should probably be marked as the accepted answer. I just added `$(OutputPath)\foo` to my `.csproj` file.Thanks! – infl3x Aug 17 '18 at 02:39

Visual Studio 2012 - Copy "Views" and "Content" to project Output Path

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