When building a unit test project, VS 2010 cannot find the reference assembly for testing

Question

I am developing a unit test project (say XXX.UnitTest) to test ViewModels in another project (XXX) in my solution. I can add a link, but when I create, an error indicates that it cannot find the same project (XXX)

Error 42 Failed to load the file or assembly 'XXX, version = 1.0.2.66, Culture = neutral, PublicKeyToken = null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file indicated. XXX.UnitTest

• I did a clean overhaul of all the projects in my solution.
• I checked that the assembly with this version number (1.0.2.66) did exist in the path I was referring to.
• I deleted and added the link both in the project and through the Overview tab.
• I made sure that the version number is not listed in the csproj file.
• I checked the reference build with Dependency Walker.
• I confirmed that both projects are targeting the x86 platform. (As suggested here Debugging Tips “Failed to load file or assembly X or one of its dependencies” )

Does anyone know what else could cause this problem?

Answer 1

Last week I had the same problem. It turns out that my solution and projects were on a network resource. If I moved the solution to a local drive, the problem disappeared.

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Answer 3

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