{"id":864,"date":"2013-01-14T20:36:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridgesolutions.ie\/?p=864"},"modified":"2013-01-14T20:36:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:36:47","slug":"visual-studio-2010-dll-reference-path-wont-change-when-remove-and-re-add-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgesolutions.ie\/index.php\/2013\/01\/14\/visual-studio-2010-dll-reference-path-wont-change-when-remove-and-re-add-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2010 – DLL Reference path won’t change when remove and re-add reference"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the whole Visual Studio is a great software development tool with a relatively low number of annoying bugs. However, there is one annoying bug that Microsoft doesn’t seem to be bothered enough to fix…<\/p>\n

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The problem happens if you remove and re-add a file reference to a DLL. When you re-add the reference (same file name in a different folder) by browsing to a different file location, Visual Studio will for some reason insist on using the previous file path to the DLL and not the new one!!!<\/p>\n

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You can find some more information about the problem here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We were trying to change a reference’s path by removing and re-add it but it just didn’t work due to this bug!<\/p>\n

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So how can we get around this problem? Well one way is to change the reference path directly by editing the project file.<\/p>\n

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To do this, right click on the project in the solution explorer and choose ‘Unload Project.’ Once the project is unloaded, right-click on it again and then choose ‘Edit’, the project’s XML will be displayed in the editor.<\/p>\n

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Now search for references to the incorrect reference path and change it to your new path. To do this, look near the following elements:
\n[code lang=”xml”] and [\/code]
\nand:
\n[code lang=”xml”] and [\/code]<\/p>\n

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Finally, right-click on the project again and choose ‘Reload Project’ – check that the references are correct….<\/p>\n

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I hope this helps someone, it was the only way we could figure out how to get around the problem…<\/p>\n

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On the whole Visual Studio is a great software development tool with a relatively low number of annoying bugs. However, there is one annoying bug that Microsoft doesn’t seem to be bothered enough to fix…   The problem happens if you remove and re-add a file reference to a DLL. When you re-add the reference […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[91],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stuff","tag-visual-studio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t