We just did a move from storing all files locally to storing them on a network drive. The problem is that is where my Visual Studio projects are also stored now (no versioning system yet, working on that). I've heard of problems with doing this in the past, but never heard of a work-around. Is there a work around now?
Visual Studio is installed locally. The files are on a network drive. How can I get this to work?
While we do use Source Control, we do also run all our projects from Network Drives (not shared directories, private directories on network drives). The network drives are backed up nightly, and also use Volume Shadow Copy, so if you need to revert to something before it made it's way to SC, then you can.
To get projects to run correctly with the right permission, follow these steps.
Basically, you've just got to map the shared directory to a drive, and then grant permission, based on that Url, to all code. Say you map to "N:\", then use "N:\*" as your Url pattern. It isn't obvious you need to wildcard, but you do.