“Programs” and “Rules” in visual studio Unreal Engine 5.4.2

[JakobDino]

Hi, i was wondering if anyone knew what these folders do? Its there in my project, but the tutorial im watching, doesnt have it.

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @JakobDino! Welcome to the community! This is an excellent question. Do you have some Nuget errors that came with it as well? As a Rider user I had not seen them either, but it seems the Programs folder houses editor utilities for the engine.

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