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sieben
sieben

Reputation: 2201

What is the correct way to remove resource images from a VS project?

I have imported images through the visual studio designer to the projects resource file. Some of these images are no longer used and I want to remove them.

However, I've tried to remove the resource images before by deleting the image file through the solution explorer and then removing the corresponding <data> element from the .resx file. However, this causes the VS designer to have a panic attack and start throwing exceptions saying it can't find the files I've just removed even though they are not referenced anywhere.

What is the a proper way of deleting images from the resource file?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 38301

Answers (3)

Ron Maxwell
Ron Maxwell

Reputation: 11

Click on the Image or BackgroundImage property to show the Select Resource dialog for the control. Select the image from the list. Select the Clear button under Local Resource. Select Okay to close the dialog.

Upvotes: 1

user3437460
user3437460

Reputation: 17454

This is a quick visual guide on removing the imported resources to Resources.resx.

  • Right click your project from Solution Explorer
  • Choose Properties
  • Choose Resources
  • Select image to remove
  • Click "Remove Resource"

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Upvotes: 25

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499072

You should select the resource in the resource grid and click Remove Resource, as described in this MSDN article.

Upvotes: 10

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