http://forums.asp.net/138.aspxGeneral discussions of Visual Studio 2005. <a href="http://aspadvice.com/SignUp/list.aspx?l=162&c=30" target="_blank">Email List</a>enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.asp.net/thread/1134110.aspxTue, 06 Dec 2005 18:37:49 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:1134110danmordanmor0http://forums.asp.net/thread/1134110.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=138&PostID=1134110As you describe in your blog, opening a solution in devenv from a command line does work, but opening a web site from a command line was never in the spec and thus was never expected to work.&nbsp; Clever solution creating the solution file.&nbsp; I'm not aware of any other back doors opening as web sites from the command line.&nbsp; It's a good idea and I'll open a suggestion bug on it.http://forums.asp.net/thread/1133282.aspxTue, 06 Dec 2005 02:50:36 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:1133282Scott MitchellScott Mitchell0http://forums.asp.net/thread/1133282.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=138&PostID=1133282<P>I ended up finding a way to do this, although it's a bit dirty. Essentially I wrote a program that creates a 'garbage' project file and then calls VS, opening the project. End story, I can right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer, choose "Open as Website", and the website will be opened in VS.</P> <P>More on my technique, along with the code and an explanation at my blog: <A href="http://scottonwriting.net/sowblog/posts/4836.aspx">Quickly Opening a Visual Studio Website Project</A>.</P>http://forums.asp.net/thread/1132765.aspxMon, 05 Dec 2005 18:28:27 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:1132765Scott MitchellScott Mitchell0http://forums.asp.net/thread/1132765.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=138&PostID=1132765Does anyone know if it's possible to open a file system-based website in VS2005 through the command-line? The <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxgrfcommandlineswitches.asp">devenv.exe command-line switches</a> allow you to pass in a project or solution file, but I want to just pass in a directory path and have that open. I noticed that the command-line switches let you specify a command as well, and that VS2005 has a File.OpenWebSite command, but that command just displays the Open Website dialog box - it seemingly does not <b>not</b> allow you to pass in a directory path.<br><br>Any ideas or suggestions?<br><br>My end goal is to be able to, through Windows Explorer, right-click on a folder and choose a menu option that says, "Open in Visual Studio", and doing so would open VS2005 and open the website from that folder's path.<br><br>TIA<br>