.NET Development Workflow

Project Layout

WinContextMenuEditor/
├── WinContextMenuEditor.sln
└── src/WinContextMenuEditor/
    ├── WinContextMenuEditor.csproj  (.NET 8, WPF, UseWPF=true)
    ├── app.manifest                 (requireAdministrator)
    ├── Models/
    ├── ViewModels/
    ├── Views/
    ├── Services/
    ├── Converters/
    └── Resources/

Build & Run

# Build
dotnet build

# Run (requires admin - UAC prompt will appear)
dotnet run --project src/WinContextMenuEditor

# Publish self-contained
dotnet publish src/WinContextMenuEditor -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained

Adding New Files

Follow existing namespace conventions:

• •Models: namespace WinContextMenuEditor.Models;
• •ViewModels: namespace WinContextMenuEditor.ViewModels; - inherit ViewModelBase
• •Views: namespace WinContextMenuEditor.Views; - XAML + code-behind
• •Services: namespace WinContextMenuEditor.Services; - interface + implementation pair
• •Converters: namespace WinContextMenuEditor.Converters; - implement IValueConverter

Use file-scoped namespaces. Use nullable reference types. Target .NET 8.

Common Build Errors

• •MC3024 property already set: XAML element has both attribute and element syntax for same property. Remove one.
• •NETSDK1031 platform mismatch: Ensure net8.0-windows target framework.
• •Missing WPF types: Verify <UseWPF>true</UseWPF> in csproj.