visual studio 2022 c# project references

Question

why is that every time i create a windows form c# project in visual studio 2022 in the solution explorer there are no references and when i try to add a reference i only find the one named system.configuration.dll i add it , but i get the error the reference is invalid or unsupported , kindly help

Answer 1

Hi @Eunice Maina , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

If you mean this Reference:

Please create a .Net Framework project, you created a .Net project.

Best Regards,

Jiale

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Answer 2

Is there are way to troubleshoot this, perhaps enable some logging somewhere?
In my case I can reference the library-project and build both main-project and the referenced library project. But if I try to reference the library dll alone I get the error "The reference is invalid or unsupported".

(I did remove the referenced to the library project first, also restarted the project and even VS).