What is app.aps file in Visual C++?

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bluish picture bluish · Oct 21, 2015 · Viewed 17.3k times · Source

I just discovered a misterious file in my (new) Visual Studio 2012 C++/CLI project: app.aps.

I can find no reference on the internet about it. What is it meant for? Can I safely delete it? It seems so. Should I ignore or include in my commits to source version control?

Answer

Levesque picture Levesque · Oct 21, 2015

It's a generated file for designer efficiency, you can ignore it in source control:

File created by Microsoft Visual C++, a software development application; stores the binary representation of a resource included with the project; enables the application to load resources more quickly.

http://fileinfo.com/extension/aps

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