Visual Studio 2015 Cannot add Reference to project

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A large C# solution has a number of subprojects. It just compiled OK. Two projects each use dlls from the other. Projects A uses B.dll and B uses A.dll. I ran Clean on the entire solution and now A cannot compile because I cannot add B.dll because B.dll (debug) does not exist, so A.dll also does not exist.

I had the same problem a bit earlier, so I saved my changed files, rechecked out the code, compiled, then added my changes and make the other appropriate changes. After a few changes, which all use a static public class I recently created, the solution compiled. And now it doesn't. And of course since many subprojects rely on A.dll they too no longer compile.

I was about to say that it doesn't make sense but the answer below says it all. — Sophie Coyne, Apr 06 '16 at 16:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '16 at 16:26

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Two projects can't reference each other, that does not make sense. You should refactor your code so that only the dependency in one direction remains.

answered Apr 06 '16 at 16:26

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That was it exactly. – Ron Apr 06 '16 at 18:15

Visual Studio 2015 Cannot add Reference to project

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