How to trigger VS post-build events without rebuilding

Question

I have a bunch of VS 2005 C++ projects, which build a number of dlls and executables, which are a small part of a large interdependent file hierarchy. In order to debug the files, I copy the built execs/dlls to the hierarchy by post-build events. Sometimes I update my hierarchy, but have all my projects up to date - in this case all I need to do is to execute post-build events (i.e. copy files) without rebuilding all the sources. Is there a way to do it?

Kieserite

Answer 1

As long as you do not rebuild, the build operation should not do more than execute those events, assuming there are no source code changes.

Eightieth

If there are no changes, and no build happened, post-build events won't be executed either – Kieserite