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Project Error Messages
A failure occurred while attempting to start the compilation
A failure occurred writing to the licenses file
A failure occurred writing to the resources file
An error has been encountered that prevents reference 'reference' from loading. <reason>
At least one configuration was not loaded because it does not have a configuration name attribute
At least one file is missing the 'attribute' attribute
At least one folder is missing the 'attribute' attribute
At least one reference is missing the 'Name' attribute
At least one startup service is missing the 'attribute' attribute
Cannot copy assembly 'assembly' to file 'file'. <reason>
Cannot copy multifile assembly 'assembly' to directory 'directory'. <reason>
Cannot copy multifile assembly component 'component_filename' to file 'destination_filename'. <reason.>
Cannot find component 'file' of multifile assembly 'assembly'
Cannot find custom tool 'custom tool' on this system
COM Interop registration failed
COM Interop unregistration failed
COM Interop Wrapper Error
Could not bind to dependency 'assembly'
Could not copy built outputs to the Web
Could not copy temporary files to the output directory
Could not create output directory 'directory'. <reason>
Could not determine whether 'assembly' is a multifile assembly. The assembly manifest may be corrupt.
Could not determine whether 'assembly' is a multifile assembly. The assembly manifest may be corrupt. Assuming a non-multifile assembly.
Could not find dependent assemblies for assembly 'assembly'. The assembly manifest may be corrupt.
Could not generate binary resource. The output file 'file' could not be opened. <reason>
Could not generate the binary licenses file. The output file 'file' could not be opened. <reason>
Could not instantiate the licenses processor
Could not instantiate the resource processor
Could not transform licenses file 'file' into a binary resource. <reason>
Custom Tool Error
Dependency 'dependency1' of dependency ' dependency2' is not an assembly
Error copying the application configuration file to the run directory. <reason>
Error on line <line>. Expected 'expected' but found 'found'
Error: the dependency 'file' in project 'project' cannot be copied to the run directory because it would conflict with dependency 'file'
Failed to generate resource files
File is not a valid .NET Framework or COM component
Invalid assembly strong name or name not specified
Licenses processor error/warning: <reason>
Load of property 'property' failed. <reason>
Project property 'property' is set to an invalid value and will be defaulted to FALSE. <reason>
Resource transformation for file 'file' failed. <reason>
Resources 'file1' and 'file2' have the same manifest resource name 'name'
Resources processor error/warning: <reason>
Satellite build for culture 'culture' failed. <reason>
Satellite build for culture 'culture' failed. Please see the output window for more detailed error information
The custom tool 'custom tool' failed. <reason>
The dependency 'file' cannot be found
The file 'file' could not be added to the project. <reason>
The file 'filename' cannot be copied to the run directory. <reason>
The folder 'folder' could not be added to the project. <reason>
The parent file, 'file1', for file 'file2' cannot be found in the project file
The project file '<filename>' cannot be updated
The project file is missing the 'section' section
The project file is missing the 'subsection' sub-section of the 'section' section
The project 'project' cannot be referenced. <reason>
The referenced component 'component' could not be found. <reason>
The user options settings file for this project is missing the 'section' section
Unable to Open Linked File
Unable to read the resource information from the licx file
Unable to read the resource information from the resx file
Unable to remove the last generated output
Unable to retrieve resource information
Unable to write the output of custom tool 'tool' to file 'file'. <reason>
Warning: the dependency 'file' in project 'project' cannot be copied to the run directory because it would overwrite the reference 'file.'
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Could not instantiate the resource processor 

Visual Studio 2005

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