title: Is it a bad idea for my solution and project to be stored in separate locations?
body: <p>Somehow my solution and project differ as to their Path/FullPath.</p>
  
  <p>The Path property of my solution ("customerreportingnet") is: </p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\cshannon\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\customerreportingnet\customerreportingnet.sln
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The only project beneath that solution is a Website ("<a href="http://localhost/EMS/customerreportingnet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost/EMS/customerreportingnet/</a>").</p>
  
  <p>The website project's FullPath is this: </p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\EnhancedMonthlySalesReporting\customerreportingnet\customerreportingnet
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why would the solution and project location differ?</p>
  
  <p>Did I do something wrong in the setup? I downloaded the files from a .zip file, and extracted them to C:\EnhancedMonthlySalesReporting\</p>
  
  <p>I then created a Virtual Directory in IIS, mapped it to C:\EnhancedMonthlySalesReporting\customerreportingnet\customerreportingnet, giving it the Alias "EMS".</p>
  
  <p>Then in VS I open the website (solution/project) this way:</p>
  
  <p>File > Open Website...</p>
  
  <p>and then I open IIS > EMS</p>
  
  <p>When I do this, I do not see any files beneath the "project" - all that's visible in the Solution Explorer are just the solution and project names - no subfolders or files beneath them. But when I right-click the solution "customerreportingnet" and select "Open Web Site", then reply OK to "Open the Web site (this will close the current solution)" all is relatively well - I can right-click the project ("<a href="http://localhost/EMS/customerreportingnet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost/EMS/customerreportingnet/</a>"), select View in Browser (Internet Explorer) and the site runs.</p>
  
  <p>The only files in C:\Users\cshannon\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\customerreportingnet\ are:</p>
  
  <p>customerreportingnet.sln
  customerreportingnet.v12.suo</p>
  
  <p>C:\EnhancedMonthlySalesReporting\customerreportingnet\customerreportingnet has those files and many more (as well as beaucoup folders).</p>
  
  <p>Should I try to reset the solution Path to C:\EnhancedMonthlySalesReporting\customerreportingnet\customerreportingnet, or is that just an oddity, but not a problem?</p>
  
  <p>If so, is that as easy as just changing that property value, or will that mess things up?</p>