Extract text from VDPROJ files
To convert your VDPROJ file to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Setup & Deployment" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
The .vdproj file extension is exclusively associated with Visual Studio Deployment Projects, a legacy project type used to generate Windows installers (MSI) and setup executables (EXE). Unlike modern .NET project files (like CSPROJ) which use standard XML-based MSBuild schemas, the .vdproj format utilizes a proprietary, JSON-like text structure that is unique to the Microsoft Visual Studio environment.
Users often encounter friction with .vdproj files due to their "black box" nature. Because they are not valid MSBuild files, they cannot be built using the standard command-line tools (dotnet build or msbuild.exe) without invoking the full devenv.com IDE interface - a major bottleneck for automated CI/CD pipelines. Furthermore, the proprietary format makes resolving merge conflicts in version control systems like Git notoriously difficult. Consequently, developers often need to convert or migrate these files to the open-source WiX Toolset format (WXS) for greater flexibility, or convert them to standard XML or TXT to audit file paths and registry keys without installing the specific Visual Studio extension. Our tools help you parse, view, and migrate this legacy data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VDPROJ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CSPROJ, DSP, O and WIX files.
If you want to convert VDPROJ file to WIX, CSPROJ, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB or GO, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Software Installer Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to VDPROJ, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Software Installer Project" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VDPROJ converter.