Copy to Output Directory copies folder structure but only want to copy files
msbuild, visual-studio-2008
Solution
You can add a Post Build Event to copy the files. Go to project properties, Build Events tab and add the following to the Post-build event command line:
copy "$(ProjectDir)\common\browserhawk\*.*" "$(TargetDir)"
Be sure to include the quotes if your project path has spaces in it.
Problem
I have a VS2008 I want to copy certain files from a directory into my `/bin/` folder. I have set the files (located in `/common/browserhawk/`) to "Copy to Output Directory". However, it copies the folder structure as well: the files are copied to `/bin/common/browserhawk/` How do I get these files to copy to just `/bin/`? I do not want to store these in the root of the website to get them to copy correctly. Related Question: Visual Studio adds .dll and .pdb to project after compiling