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Richard77
Richard77

Reputation: 21671

VS2013: Can't add reference to a project in the same solution

I'm trying to do a basic operation, which is just adding reference to a project that's in the same solution. I'm getting the following error:

This operation could not be completed. No such interface supported..

And that's all. No more info. Any idea where to start? I'm using visual studio 2013.

Now I'm getting a new type of error: Package "ReferencePackageManager" failed to load.

Thanks for helping

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1255

Answers (1)

Rodrigo Reis
Rodrigo Reis

Reputation: 1117

Try this:

  1. Launch Developer Command Prompt for VS 2013
  2. Navigate to Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies directory
  3. Run gacutil -i Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.11.0.dll (this link shows where gacutil is: https://blogs.iis.net/davcox/where-is-gacutil-exe)

You should now see:

Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility. Version 4.0.30319.0 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Assembly successfully added to the cache

Restart Visual Studio and hopefully all will be well and you can add references.

Developer Command Prompt must start in Common7 directory, if not you must navigate to it before step 2.

if you can't find Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.11.0.dll with 11.0 version, try another high version

To launch Developer Command Prompt for VS 2013, do:

In Windows 10

  1. Open the Start menu, by pressing the Windows logo key Windows logo on your keyboard for example.
  2. On the Start menu, enter dev. This will bring a list of installed apps that match your search pattern. If you're looking for a different command prompt, try entering a different search term such as prompt.
  3. Choose the Developer Command Prompt (or the command prompt you want to use).

In Windows 8.1

  1. Go to the Start screen, by pressing the Windows logo key Windows logo on your keyboard for example.
  2. On the Start screen, press CTRL + TAB to open the Apps list and then enter V. This will bring a list that includes all installed Visual Studio command prompts.
  3. Choose the Developer Command Prompt (or the command prompt you want to use).

In Windows 8

  1. Go to the Start screen, by pressing the Windows logo key Windows logo on your keyboard for example.
  2. On the Start screen, press the Windows logo key Windows logo + Z. Choose the Apps view icon at the bottom of the screen and then enter V. This will bring a list that includes all installed Visual Studio command prompts.
  3. Choose the Developer Command Prompt (or the command prompt you want to use).

In Windows 7

  1. Choose Start, expand All Programs, and then expand Microsoft Visual Studio.
  2. Depending on the version of Visual Studio you have installed, choose Visual Studio Tools, Visual Studio Command Prompt, or the command prompt you want to use.

This steps worked for me. see more at:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/security/en-US/4eea5785-0a83-4389-89e3-209a5a4432c0/referencemanagerpackage-fails-to-install-vs-2017-community-edition?forum=vssetup

Upvotes: 1

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