How to add a dll reference to a project in Visual Studio

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I am just beginning to use the MailSystem NET library  However  I cannot figure out where to add the  dll files so I can reference the namespaces in my classes  Can someone please help me  I am using Visual Studio 2010  Thank you for any information  there is so little online

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For Visual Studio 2019 you may not find Project - gt  Add Reference option  Use Project - gt  Add Project Reference  Then in dialog window navigate to Browse tab and use Browse to find and attach your dll

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You probably are looking for AddReference dialog accessible from Project Context Menu  right click     From there you can reference dll s  after which you can reference namespaces that you need in your code

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Copy the downloaded DLL file in a custom folder on your dev drive  then add the reference to your project using the Browse button in the Add Reference dialog  Be sure that the new reference has the Copy Local   True  The Add  Reference dialog could be opened right-clicking on the References item in your project in Solution Explorer   UPDATE AFTER SOME YEARS At the present time the best way to resolve all those problems is through the Manage NuGet packages menu command of Visual Studio 2017 2019  You can right click on the References node of your project and select that command  From the Browse tab search for the library you want to use in the NuGet repository  click on the item if found and then Install it   Of course you need to have a package for that DLL and this is not guaranteed to exist   Read about NuGet here

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Another method is by using the menu within visual studio  Project - gt  Add Reference    I recommend copying the needed  dll to your resource folder  or local project folder

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