# Hacking the project?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/hacking-the-project/89200>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [November 12, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/hacking-the-project/89200 "2026-11-12T18:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Fatte)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/hacking-the-project/89200/1 "2026-11-12T18:39:23Z")

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After cleaning up some project folders, we found that hacking the project was much easier than re-selecting items in their new location when opening the project.

We are also using Claude to convert some projects from API 1 to API 2 and found that it’s better to clean up projects before doing this rather than after the project has been converted.

Anyone else resorted to this?

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**Author:** ![Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sascha_s/32/22328_2.png) [@Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sascha_S)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/hacking-the-project/89200/2 "2026-11-12T18:59:17Z")

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Hacking?

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**Author:** ![Thom\_McGrath](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/thom_mcgrath/32/192_2.png) [@Thom\_McGrath](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Thom_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/hacking-the-project/89200/3 "2026-11-12T22:54:47Z")

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I think they mean modifying the manifest directly.