Visual Studio Express 2013: How to create project with existing C++ source files ?

Question

There has been a lot of discussion about this topic but still no concrete answer about it or atleast I can not find it. I am unable to find the option File->New->Project from existing files I have already the source files and to avail the advantage of some tools in visual studio express I installed the trial version 2013 and even after playing with it a little bit and looking for it on internet I did not find this option. Is there any possible way to create project with existing source files like this in 2013 version ? or should I install some older version ?

Suggestions/comments/solutions .. Please

Answer 1

You could try creating a blank project and then importing the files into it. Not sure if the version you're using is able to do that. Otherwise, create a new project and new source files and copy/paste the code (it's not a great solution).

Answer 2

In Visual Studio Express 2013 I found I was able to export an existing project as a template then build a new project off of that template.

File -> Export Template then File -> New Project and the saved Template was available to choose from.

Answer 3

According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/754c3hy7.aspx "This option ( File->New->Project from existing files) is not available in Visual Studio Express editions..." so the short answer would be "no."
@JBentley - the OP asked if he could perform the task "like this", where "this" means "using File->New->Project from existing files".