title: Rename Visual Studio Solution Configurations?
body: <p>I have a VB project which I'm trying to configure with three build configurations.</p>
  
  <p>I've successfully created the build configurations, but I decided the names I was using weren't descriptive enough so I went to <code>Configuration Manager</code> -> <code>&lt;Edit...&gt;</code> -> <code>Rename</code> and renamed them.</p>
  
  <p>This renamed the configurations in the Configuration Manager.</p>
  
  <p>I then went to do some conditional compilation testing using <code>#If CONFIG =</code> but it failed.</p>
  
  <p>Checking deeper, it turns out that the values returned by <code>CONFIG</code> are the original names not the new names.</p>
  
  <p>Checking <code>My Project</code> -> <code>Compile</code> -> <code>Configuration</code> I can see that the names shown in that ComboBox are <em>also</em> the old names.</p>
  
  <p>So, even though I have "renamed" my configurations in Configuration Manager, they're not being renamed on all levels.</p>
  
  <p>I can get around this by recreating these configurations with their intended names but that's about as bass ackwards a solution as I can think of. Is there some method of renaming configurations that <em>actually works</em> or is this just the way MS intended this to... "work"?</p>