<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Renaming a project</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Renaming a project</h1> <p>You can rename a project, and have all references changed using the refactoring engine.</p> <p>To rename a project:</p> <ol> <li>In the C/C++ Projects view, right-click a project, and select <b> Rename</b>.<br> <img src="../images/project_rename.png" alt="Project Properties menu highlighting Rename"></li> <li>Type a new name.</li> <li>Press <b>Enter</b>.</li> </ol> <p><b>Note: </b>Renaming a project causes it to be re-indexed. This can take a significant amount of time for very large projects.</p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" ALT="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_projects.htm">CDT Projects</a><br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_proj_file_views.htm">Project file views</a></p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngtasks.gif" ALT="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="cdt_o_proj_files.htm">Working with C/C++ project files</a></p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_o_proj_prop_pages.htm">Project properties</a></p> <img src="../images/ng00_04a.gif" ALT="IBM Copyright Statement" > </body> </html>