error CS0006: Metadata file in visual studio 2012

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Hi , when ever i try to make project and run it in visual studio 2012 i get this error :

2>CSC : error CS0006: Metadata file 'E:\PROJECTS\ASP.NET\ProgrammingWiki\ProgrammingWiki.BLayer\bin\Debug\ProgrammingWiki.BLayer.dll' could not be found

what should i do ? i check build is checked in configuration manager in build menu

Posted 20-Feb-13 10:29am

Shan Ali Khan

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José Amílcar Casimiro 20-Feb-13 17:25pm

if you're using MSBuild, check this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/964125

José Amílcar Casimiro 20-Feb-13 17:27pm

Compiler Error CS0006

Error Message
Metadata file 'dll_name' could not be found

The program was compiled and explicitly passed the name of a file that contained metadata; however, the .dll was not found.

Url: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a92dycyz(v=vs.80).aspx

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Feb-13 19:23pm

"Whenever" should mean you either doing something extremely weird, otherwise your Visual Studio is heavily damaged. In all cases, your information is not enough...
—SA

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