Re: How do I make a copy of a Labview 8 project?

I know it has been a long time since my last post here but I am starting a new project that is a follow-on to an existing project and the "save as" option does not work as expected.
 
I have an existing project on a network drive at T:\Engr\ProjA with sub-directories Tests, SubTests, Documentation etc all in a lvproj. There are also links to niswitch and other stuff on the C drive.
 
I open ProjA.lvproj and select "save as" and select the Duplicate option. I then save it to ProjB
 
What I end up with is the directory structure T:\Engr\ProjB\ProjA\ with all the sub-directories and T:\Engr\ProjB\C\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEE 8.5\... .
 
This is obviously not what I want. How do I make a copy of a project without getting a directory layer with the old project's name and without copying files from a common directory?
 
 

Hi Bob Albern,
 
It sounds like you're ending up with a project inside of a project.
 
When you open up your original project and then select Save As » Duplicate ... » Include all dependencies, you can then browse to a new location and even create a new folder from the dialog box.  The default location that the dialog box starts at is the location of the project that you're wanting to save to a different location.  You need to simply browse to a new location and not use the default location.
 
I hope this helps,
Kevin S.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

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