vs 2008 project properties

[BillH]

Apologies if this is another simple problem but relative newbie again:

i am using VS 2008 and have managed to work out how to include my own library files etc into projects. However it seems that I always have to set Project Properties each time for each new project (configuration properties- c/c++-general-additional include and lib directories plus config properties-linker-input-additional dependencies).

I know how to do this but, is there any way to keep these settings permanently set as a sort of template project maybe?

Thanks for any advice

[coder777]

the settings are stored in the *.vcxproj file. you can copy it and remove the unwanted files.

It is an XML file, you may even theoretically edit those file by hand

[kbw]

VS2008 files are .vcproj.

.vcxproj files were introduced with VS2010.

I've always thought there ought to be some way to create a new project template that had custom include files, warning levels ..., but I never really looked into it. But you're right, it is a pain.