# "Programs" and "Rules" in visual studio solution UE5.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming & Scripting\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, question, CPP\ **Created:** [September 6, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/programs-and-rules-in-visual-studio-solution-ue5-3/1285216 "2023-09-06T18:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Cody325M](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/cody325m/32/911474_2.png) [@Cody325M](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cody325M)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/programs-and-rules-in-visual-studio-solution-ue5-3/1285216/7 "2023-10-03T14:20:55Z")
Does everyone have these 2 extra folders and additional build actions when opening a 5.3 .sln file that weren’t present in other versions? To reproduce: Launch 5.3 through the Epic launcher. Create a new 3rd person c++ project. Open the .sln. I see the the Programs and Rules folders. Building queues up 40+ actions when I expect only 1. Opening the uproject with Rider helps, but what’s going on with the engine folder not loading well? Additionally, building fresh brand-new 5.3 projects with either Rider or VS has 40+ actions compared to 1 action in previous versions. Initially, It wouldn’t build for me until I updated NuGet (see bellow if you have that issue) I don’t think it’s a 5.3 thing. I believe OP and I have done something wrong. I’ve tried: Uninstalling 5.3. Deleting the AppData/unreal folder. reinstalling 5.3 verifying VS installer updating NuGet package source (Do this first if you’re having build failures) 5.3 builds were acting normal 2 days ago for me. I’m trying to think of things I’ve changed. I first noticed it when I move an older 5.3 project to a new folder, and I thought that broke that project, but it’s the same issue in new projects. There were 100’s of ‘error NU1102: Unable to find package’ until I updated NuGet. It builds now, but there’s extra stuff, 40+ actions, it’s building and those 2 extra folders. Additionally, I changed some VS settings as per UE docs. I changed Editor settings to Rider Uproject. All prior to me noticing the issue was more than that project I moved. How to [update NuGet](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-not-generate-project-files/694601/3) / get the 40+ actions to build and not fail: 1. Open Visual Studio (you can select Continue Without Code) 2. Navigate to Tools \> Options \> NuGet Package Manager \> Package Sources 3. You’ll most likely see only one source titled “Microsoft Visual Studio Offline Packages” 4. Click the “+” button to add a new source 5. Name it whatever, and type “[https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json](https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json)” for the source 6. Click the “Update” button and then make sure it’s checked --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/programs-and-rules-in-visual-studio-solution-ue5-3/1285216)._