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What is the purpose of the app.aps file in Visual Studio?


I just discovered a mysterious file in my (new) Visual Studio 2012 C++/CLI project: app.aps.

What is it meant for? Can I safely delete it? Should I ignore or include it in my commits to source version control?


Solution

  • It's a generated file for designer efficiency, you can ignore it in source control:

    File created by Microsoft Visual C++, a software development application; stores the binary representation of a resource included with the project; enables the application to load resources more quickly.

    http://fileinfo.com/extension/aps