Well, I started using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 a little while ago.  It’s been a long time since I used their platform to as I have been a linux guy for quite some time now.   I  participate in a team building environment using .Net.  I have had everything up and running very smoothly and I am impressed with the way the GUI works — however there a so many new features since the last time I used this platform it is a bit overwhelming.

In any event, I had occasion to load some new software into the Team Solution to try out and see if it would useful.  So, I used the Solution Team window and clicked on a folder and went to "Add a new Solution Folder" to add the folder to the Team build.  I checked out the Team Solution and added the new folder and saw it in the Solution window and thought everything was hunky-dorey.  I then "checked in" the Team Solution and then refreshed my local copy and saw the "new folder" loading with the update.  However when I  went to copy this new software into the new folder on my local machine I found that the folder did not exist on my local machine.  I thought I was in the "Twilight Zone" for I could see the folder in my Visual Studio and could not get it into my local folder. 

I contacted another Team Member who refreshed his copy of the Team Build and the Folder did not download for him either – now what?

Well, after much trial and error with removing and adding folders the solution to no avail, I "added a new project" to the folder.  I "checked in" the  new project and then refreshed my local copy and low an behold the folder appeared in my local directory.  True, it had a few extra "project" files that were created but all I had to do was to delete them from the folder locally and in Visual Studio to clean out the extra stuff. 

Now was that the answer – well no,  not really.  It turns out that when you "add of solution folder" it only exists virtually in the Studio until you put something in it.  Once you place something in the folder and check it in it will appear in your local copy as a folder.

Ah, the fun I had!  

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