How do I exclude files and folders from the build in Visual Studio 2017?

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In some older versions you could easily right click on the folders and exclude from build.

This function seems to be gone in VS 2017 Community. How do I achieve the same?

Update: it seems the function is not completely gone, it's possible to exclude files from the project when the Solution Explorer is not in folder view. This is not a solution anyway, since I need to exclude a whole folder that's got plenty of files, excluding them one by one is not at all a practical solution. It's something I can do in an emergency scenario, but not a reliable way of doing it.

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3 Answers

Press right-click on the file you want to exclude, and click on properties. In General->Excluded from build, select Yes.

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This answer may not be what you are looking for, but since "Publish Web App" is under the build tab, it fits and may help someone else.

In your "App_Data" folder there should be a "PublishProfiles" folder with a [projectname].pubxml file in it.

Add:

<ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>
  foldername;otherfoldername
</ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>

This will exclude listed folders from being published.

Expanding on that, for files:

<ExcludeFilesFromDeployment>
   gulpfile.js;PrecompiledApp.config
</ExcludeFilesFromDeployment>
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