Which projects in my solution are using a project reference for a certain project?

Question

In my solution, I have a lot of projects which use project references to other projects in the solution. How do I figure out which projects reference a particular project?

Answer 1

The best way I know is to use ... Notepad++'s feature "Find in files".

You just put the name of the project that you want to find in "Find what:" field, filter on "*.csproj" and search in folder that contains your repository.

It is very fast and lets you find projects that reference this project not only in one solution but also in other solutions in the same folder if you have any.