The type or namespace name could not be found - wrong path

Matt Higgins

13y2.9kC#

I opened more than one project at the same time. Then I copied (dragged) a file from a
Test project to my working one. It was compiling fine all day but then I got the
error appearing :-

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'FileProperties' could not be found (are
you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
C:\Users\matt\documents\visual studio 2010\Test Project\Static
Libraries\LibraryIO.cs 14 28 Project Library

The Path C:\Users\matt\documents\visual studio 2010\Test Project is wrong -
thats for sure. Does anyone know how to alter this path or tell me how to fix
please.

Thanks

Matt

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Mahesh Chand13y ago
Accepted answer
Do you still have the file? Move that to your Debug or Release folders, Remove the file from project and add again from your local project folder. You do not want to reference any file that is not a part of your project, otherwise it will not work when you deploy your application.
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Matt Higgins13y ago
Thanks Mahesh. I think I had been using the Solution Explorer window in a bad way but dragging files about. I only do small projects but was trying to get more organised. I'll go off and learn more about Libraries now I think. thanks Matt
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