I use DEVC++ very sparingly for some small projects. So I am not that familiar with the environment. I need to copy (and then rename) an old project and experiment with some new stuff.
How do I make such a copy?
I need to make this new project an independent one, different name, different folder. And I want to make sure it does not accidentally see the old .cpp or .h files or anything else.
I tried "Save project as" but this did not work. I am sure this task is ridiculously simple, but after an hour and several trials I could not do it.
The way I do it, is to copy the source code first. Open your IDE and create a new project. Paste the old source code in, make your changes then save, compile, etc.
Here are some stupid proof instructions:
1) Make a directory (for example c:\proj2\ ) and copy there all the files from the project 1 directory.
2) Go to c:\proj2 and rename (if you want) the .dev file to something else (for example proj2.dev )
3) Double click on the c:\proj2\proj2.dev and start working on the new project.