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Is it possible to extract the various projects from a wsp file to work on say the masterpages, web parts and other custom user controls just like I would in Visual Studio 2010?

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You can import your WSP as a project in Visual Studio 2010. This will give you a starting project layout, which you can modify and recompile/repackage.

Simply do New Project and then choose the type for importing WSP (I don't have the exact name handy but it's obvious when you read it :P)

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Thanks a ton Louis! I am assuming that if I just save the changes I make in VS2010 the wsp gets updated automatically? – user7400 Jun 22 '12 at 11:53
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Not the original WSP, you will get a brand new VS2010 project and you can just repackage it in its own WSP (with the same name if you wish) – Louis Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
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it a cab file, rename it to .zip or register your favorite archive manager.

Then you can view/edit its content.

When you are done, recab it.

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