Visual Studio - Items within folder - Can all items in folder always have property of embedded resource always?

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I have a console application with a folder. This folder contains files that are added to it on a daily basis. In order for this application to be executed at a later date these files need to be marked as embedded resources. As this application is packaged up.

Is there anyway to have all items in a folder marked as an embedded resource? Either automatically or programatically? Basically, I just want to make sure if an item is added to this folder it is automatically included as an embedded resource.

I know how to right click, properties, set a file as an embedded resource, but others tend to forget to do this which causes research back down the chain etc.

Possible duplicate of [In Visual Studio, how can I set the Build Action for an entire folder?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2059562/in-visual-studio-how-can-i-set-the-build-action-for-an-entire-folder)? — Jashaszun, Aug 06 '14 at 21:51
Looks like that would work. Would you like to answer my question so I can mark that as answer? — Bill Blankenship, Aug 06 '14 at 21:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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You should follow the instructions in this question.

Basically, you want to edit the .csproj file manually to do something like this:

<ItemGroup>
  <Content Include="myfolder**\*.dll**" />
</ItemGroup>

So you'll want to use wildcards (*) to match the folder name.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Aug 06 '14 at 21:56

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Thanks just figured this might be a more searchable subject line. – Bill Blankenship Aug 06 '14 at 22:10

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