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Visual Studio is generating a lot of empty folders in the TestResults subfolder of C# projects. Is there a way to disable it? I often delete more then 5k of them.

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And this goes like that a few thousand tiems. All are empty.

I'm not sure if they actually slow VS down but I'd rather not have them.

I didn't find a way how to disable it completely but at least an acceptable workaround. It moves them to a location that is more appropriate for them. It goes like that:

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  Create a .runsettings file in your solution directory (you can give it any name - just keep the extension unchanged) with the following contents which will place the TestResults directory in the %temp% location of your machine. If you're not sure where it is, you can always check it in the command-line by calling echo %test% or just pick any other location.

  
  
  

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  
  <RunSettings>
  
  
  
    <RunConfiguration>    
  
      <ResultsDirectory>%temp%TestResults</ResultsDirectory>    
  
    </RunConfiguration>
  
  
  
  </RunSettings>
  
  

  
  


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  You now have to inform your test runner about it.

  
  
  
  
  
  • for MSTest users: go to Test > Test Settings > Select Test Settings File
    
  
  
  • for ReSharper users: go to ReSharper > Options > Tools > Unit Testing > Ms Test and pick the Use specific test settings file.
  
  
  
  

btw, these folders are created always and just won't be deleted if you interrupt the test-runner so it won't clean them up.

(Inspired by Configure unit tests by using a .runsettings file)