How to disable deprecation warnings for C/C++ compiler globally in Visual Studio 2019?

Question

I want to have deprecation warnings(C4996, the ones caused by calling functions like strcpy) disabled by default in all C/C++ projects in Visual Studio 2019.

There are several ways on the internet on how to do it, but they are all on a per-project basis, the most straightforward way is to add _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS to the preprocessor definitions. But I want to achieve this effect automatically, without having to fiddle with the project setting each time I make a new project.

I know there must be a way. I don't care how "hacky" the method is. Using the safe variants of the functions isn't an option for me.

Answer 1

You can create custom project templates in Visual Studio, so you should be able to create one of these with whatever #defines you want pre-configured in the properties page.

MS documentation is here and a guy called Srinivasa Rao Dhulipalla has blogged about it here