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"Value does not fall within the expected range" when trying to add a reference in a project

Suddenly I am getting this error "Value does not fall within the expected range" whenever I try to add a reference to any project. This also happens with a new blank project. It can list the current references fine.

I rebooted the computer. I am not sure if the recent Update 2 caused this. This is my first add reference since the update. I am using Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7 64bit.

Any ideas?

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Solution

  • I did a 'devenv /setup' and that fixed it.

    Detail

    • Exit Visual Studio
    • Click Start
    • Type cmd, right click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator

    • Navigate to the appropriate Visual Studio folder
      VS2012: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE
      VS2015: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE
      VS2017: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\<Edition>\Common7\IDE
      VS2019: pushd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\<Edition>\Common7\IDE

    • Type devenv /setup and press enter

    • When the command prompt returns, you're done. Close the command window, reopen Visual Studio, and test to see if the error's resolved.

    More Information

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ex6a2fad.aspx