c# - I cannot get projects to load into Visual Studio 2013 with the same name as their directory and I cannot rename the projects in Solution Explorer -

i had 2 problems don't seem addressed anywhere.

a website project directory i'd renamed projectb projecta kept loading vs 2013 solution projectb after rename. f2, rt-click , long clicking project name did not enable me rename it. have no csproj file. deleted non-source files imported new, empty solution. full text search of directory showed name in .suo file, i'd deleted.

i fixed (solution below), imported website in directory projectb solution. when did, given name projectb(2), projectb(3), projectb(4), despite there nothing called projectb more. again couldn't manually rename projectb. there no folder or file conflicted. restarted windows after deleting temporary files, next time imported project, came in projectb(8). solution below.

i re-opened same solution on computer, , projectb (in directory projectb) renamed projecta(2), despite having never been named anywhere. solution below.

[later edit: if getting these problems, first thing i'd try closing vs2013 , exiting iisexpress in system tray, moving iisexpress directory:

c:\users\chris\documents\iisexpress 

(replace username) somewhere different, opening vs2013 , solution, recreate directory.]

the first problem solved deleting files weren't source files or dlls (sln, suo, etc), deleting files in c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\temporary asp.net files, renaming parent directory of solution folder, , creating new solution. after these steps project load same name project directory. (nothing less worked - project loaded old project name, different directory name.) ie, solution rename folder above of project.

for example file structure originally:

c:\dev\client\solution\projecta 

(and project name in vs2013 projectb). renamed path above solution path, ie:

c:\devxyz\client\solution\projecta 

then project load visual studio 2013 projecta.

the second problem iis express - never seems delete virtual directories. went following file (replace username):

c:\users\chris\documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config

and deleted site tags within <sites>, ie,

    <sites>         <site name="projectname" id="1"> ...         <site name="projectname(2)" id="4"> ...         <site name="otherprojects" id="7">     </sites> 

becomes

    <sites>     </sites> 

i restarted visual studio, re-opened same solution file getting projectb(2), , loaded projectb.

when re-opened same solution on vs2013 on computer, renamed projectb projecta, renamed projecta projecta(1). had delete sites in applicationhost.config re-open solution, , projects loaded directory names.

i got iis express error on opening solution. solution close vs2013 , kill iisexpress in system tray (took minute die), delete entire iisexpress directory in my documents. (from answer unable launch iis express web server)