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Error "Metadata file '...\Release\project.dll' could not be found in Visual Studio"

Recently I started to get this message randomly: Metadata file '...\Release\project.dll' could not be found in Visual Studio I have a solution with several projects in it. The current build mode is Debug and all projects' configurations are set to…
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What is ResolveAssemblyReference.cache?

What is the file ResolveAssemblyReference.cache used for and does it need to be checked in?
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Resolving Assemblies, the fuzzy way

Here's the setup: A pure DotNET class library is loaded by an unmanaged desktop application. The Class Library acts as a plugin. This plugin loads little baby plugins of its own (all DotNET Class Libraries), and it does so by reading the dll into…
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How does ResolveProjectReferences work?

I want to profile and tweak our build hoping to save few seconds here and there. I was able to create a task that derives from ResolveAssemblyReferences and use it instead, but I'm having problems in understanding the following (from…
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ResolveAssemblyReference cannot find dll and I cannot force it to look where it is

I have solution with n csharp projects and cpp project on top, this cpp provides interfaces and headers so those csharp ones can be used in other cpp solutions. The build machine is configured to build csharp project with anyCPU architecture so it…
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Should we also Stage .dll files while committing the changes to the repository?

I have five different projects in one solution. While I am staging my changes to the git repository, I am only staging my .cs and migration files and excluding all the .dll files. When the other guy is trying to pull the solution which I had pushed…
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Unable to find reference for VIBBTSCompLib which uses definition BTSComp and BTSCompClass

We're migrating few of the files from older frame work to VS2103 FW-4.5.1. On migrating one of the Solution files there is a reference to Interop.VIBBTSCompLib.dll, but I'm unable to find such a dll or any other higher level DLL. Also on little more…
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Xamarin Studio cannot find an assembly which is not existing and throws compile error "Error executing task ResolveAssemblyRefernce"

I'm getting the following error when I try to compile my project: Error executing task ResolveAssemblyReference: Could not load file or assembly '//DataLayer/bin/Debug/EntityFramework.Extended.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find…
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Migrate VS2015 to VS2019 Reference missing

I need to upgrade the VS2015 version to VS2019. I have VS2015 and VS2019 installed on my PC. When I build my project using VS2015, everything run fine and able to view the GUI. The same project when I open as VS2019, the reference was missing. But…
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