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Dealing with WCF Error: Cannot create a service reference with namespace X because the name is already in use by an existing service reference, folder or file
If you get the above error when trying to add a WCF service reference that you have previously deleted then try:
- deleting the Service References.DeviceService.Reference.cs.dll file you'll find under obj\Debug\TempPE.
- deleting the service folder you'll still find under Service References on disk, even though you deleted the reference in Visual Studio.
- commenting out all references to the service's namespace in your code
- rebuilding
November 20th, 2009 - 02:38
I had the same issue but I solved it in a different way:
When adding the “Service Reference” click on the “Advanced…” button on the lower left side and by default the option “Reuse types in referenced assemblies” is selected, Deselect it, press “Ok” and that should do it
…Ok, I know almost a year later lol
June 4th, 2010 - 09:31
Thankyou, you helped me out. But in addition to your steps, I also removed my entire obj folder, also I removed my ‘Release’ folder from bin (leaving just the ‘Debug’).
March 1st, 2011 - 08:42
Hi
The four steps above surely helped but the error still ocurred. I had to restart Visual Studio 2010 with the cleaned up project.
April 14th, 2011 - 13:58
Hi,
The workaround mentioned above didn’t work for me. However, if I leave VS2010 and open my solution in Phone Studio Express (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\VPDExpress.exe) a valid reference is made that can then be used back in VS2010.
Cheers,
Jon