Fix - Visual Studio Code Auto-Creates A Solution File

If you are using a recent build of Visual Studio Code, you are probably using the C# Dev Kit. If that is the case, you may have noted some curious behavior.

If you open a .NET project, it will automatically create a solution file for you and add the existing .csproj to the solution file.

This can be pretty annoying in terms of cluttering your project and creating artifacts for source code control.

You can always delete the solution file, but it can get annoying after a while.

The solution to this is as follows:

Open the extensions panel

From there, click the C# Dev Kit Extension

On the pane for C# Dev Kit, locate and click the gear to pull up a menu. Click the Settings menu.

This will load the settings for the extension.

Locate and toggle OFF the following setting:

This will turn off that behaviour.

Happy hacking!