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How to remove an analyzer assembly from a project in visual studio?

I was trying to add a reference assembly to my project but instead I added it as an analyzer assembly by mistake. After deleting the folder containing that assembly, I am no longer able to build the project due to the error shown below: enter image description here

I was trying to remove the assembly but there is nothing shown under the analyzers in the solution explorer. Any idea how I can do that? or at least change the file path such that it can locate it in its new directory?

Solution

  • CS0006 failed to find the metadata file, which is a common error message that may be encountered during C# programming. This error message usually means that the compiler cannot find the assembly's metadata file, causing compilation to fail.

    Here are three recommended solutions:

    1. Build => Clean Solution

    2. Open the csproj file of your project with Notepad, find the dll path you misreferenced, delete the ItemGroup, and reopen the project

    3. I found a similar post: VS 2022 Metadata file 'C:*\crypto.dll' could not be found when a project .NET 6.0 reference a submodule project .netstandard2.0, his approach is to use powershell to execute "msbuild dirs. proj /restore"

    If it doesn't work can you share how you added the assembly as analyzer assembly