Error CS2001 Source file cs could not be found

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I am getting the following error on a project of mine when I try to build    Error CS2001  Source file   cs  could not be found  I took the two files that are causing this error out on purpose because they conflict with other files and cannot be in there  How can I resolve this error without putting the 2 files back in the solution

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I had this problem  too   Possible causes in my case  I had deleted a duplicated view twice and a view model   I reverted one of the deletes and then the InitializeComponent error appeared   I took these steps    I checked all of the solutions mentioned on this question  The class name and build action were correct   I Cleaned my Solution and rebuilt  Another error appeared   Error CS2001  Source file   cs  could not be found  I found this answer and followed the steps   I reloaded the project and cleaned rebuilt again   My solution builds without errors and my application works now

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In my case  I add file as Link from another project and then rename file in source project that cause problem in destination project  I delete linked file in destination and add again with new name

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They are likely still referenced by the project file  Make sure they are deleted using the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio - it should show them as being missing  with an exclamation mark

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I open the project  csproj  using a notepad and delete that missing file reference

[c#] Error CS2001: Source file '.cs' could not be found

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