MVC2 publish failing due to image that was removed

Question

I have recently tried to deploy my MVC2 application and have had great success in the past. Now, I have removed an image that was no longer needed and I'm no longer able to publish the application. I keep getting:

Error 54 Copying file Images\xxx.jpg to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Images\xxx.jpg failed. Could not find file 'Images\xxx.jpg'.

How do I get rid of this error so I can publish my application again?

Answer 1

Ah hah! A question I can answer!

I would make sure that any references to the file(s) in question are removed from the project.

i.e.
If you see any files that have an exclamation mark next to it, exclude these from the project.

Answer 2

Is there a reference to it in the project file?

Unload your project (right click on the project -> Unload Project)

Edit the project (right click on the project -> Edit Project)

Search for the image name in the project XML file.

Answer 3

Installer? If so, that is where the reference to the image is. You can either rebuild the output of the package (delete and reset) or manually prune the reference.