Project '<projectname>' cannot generate a reference to file '<filename>'

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Project '<projectname>' cannot generate a reference to file '<filename>'. You may need to delete and re-add this reference, then do a full rebuild of the solution.

An error occurred when creating a reference to a file.

Error ID: BC31514

To correct this error

  1. Remove the reference by right-clicking the item from Project References in the Solution Explorer and clicking Remove.

  2. Restore the reference by right clicking References in the Solution Explorer and then clicking Add Reference.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add or Remove References in Visual Studio (Visual Basic)

Concepts

Project References