🚀 Rename projects the way it should have always worked!
Tired of the tedious, error-prone process of renaming a project in Visual Studio? Say goodbye to manual find-and-replace across dozens of files! Project Renamifier handles everything automatically — one click, one dialog, done! ✨
When you rename a project, this extension handles all of the following automatically:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 📁 Project file rename | Renames the .csproj file to match the new name |
| 📂 Directory rename | Renames the parent directory if it matches the old project name |
| ⚙️ Project properties | Updates RootNamespace and AssemblyName in the project file |
| 📝 Namespace declarations | Updates all namespace declarations in source files |
| 📦 Using statements | Updates using, global using, using static, and using aliases across the solution |
| 🔗 Fully qualified references | Updates references like OldName.MyClass to NewName.MyClass |
| 🔧 Project references | Updates ProjectReference paths in all projects that reference the renamed project |
| 🗂️ Solution structure | Preserves solution folder organization |
The extension shows a progress dialog with step-by-step status as it performs the rename operation, and includes error handling with rollback support if something goes wrong. 🛡️
- 📥 Download the
.vsixfile from the Releases page - 🖱️ Double-click the downloaded file to install
- 🖱️ Right-click on a project in Solution Explorer
- 📋 Select Renamify Project
- ✏️ Enter the new project name in the dialog
- 🚀 Click Rename and watch the magic happen!
| Visual Studio | Architectures |
|---|---|
| 🟢 Visual Studio 2022 (17.x) | x64 (amd64), ARM64 |
| 🟢 Visual Studio 2026 (18.x) | x64 (amd64), ARM64 |
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Contributions are welcome! Issues, PRs, feature requests — bring it on! 💪
For cloning and building this project yourself, make sure to install the Extensibility Essentials 2022 extension for Visual Studio which enables some features used by this project.
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