Project files that fail to open

From Ben's Writing

New line problem

If you are using CVS or if you happen to be storing your project files on a UNIX system, then you might find that your project files (*.dsw, *.dsp) have had the Windows new line characters replaced with their UNIX equivalent. This will result in Visual Studio being unable to open the projects. In the case of the *.dsw files, VS will simply fail silently. While for *.dsp files, it will say that it cannot find them, even though they are clearly there. You may be able to fix the problem by using the unix2dos program to fix the new line characters. This can be done via a Linux/UNIX terminal or through Cygwin (or the like).