Hi Erich,

As for the existing text file not get updating issue, would you tell me
what's the project type you're using? Are you using a .NET managed project
or C++ project or other particular project type?

Based on my testing, for .NET projects(like C# or VB.NET project), if you
add an existing file(txt or other ...) into it, it will make a copy and put
the new copy into its project folder rather than link to the original file.
I think that's why you won't get updated when you've modified the original
file externally.

If the above is your case, you can consider the following means to resolve
it:

** add another new project in your solution, the project type could be a
"empty project" (you can find it in C++ project category)

** in the c++ empty project, you can add the existing external file into
it. And there, the file will be linked to its original path rather than
copied into project folder.

** whenever you modified the original file outside the project, it will get
updated(if you've opened it in document explorer)

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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