VS2017 Scanning data

Question

I opened a solution in VS2017 and noticed the below image stating "Scanning data XX%"

Does anyone know what VS is doing here? It seems to be taking a long time for a solution with 9 projects one of which is a .net core angular2 app.

Answer 1

It seems that if you invoke the 'Folder View' capability from the solution explorer, it starts to scan mysterious data (the folder structure I assume). Reason is not known.

However, following this discussion, I assume that Microsoft will fix this in the future release.

I did not find Scanning Data hinder any of my work, though it may slow down the PC a bit.

Answer 2

I'm guessing you opened the project as a "Folder", which will need to find and catalog all the files within the folder structure, including the massive "node_modules".

I "fixed" this by opening as "Web Site".