Dlls that are not referenced are showing up in object browser

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Dlls that are not referenced are showing up in object browser

Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66

I have around 9 dlls with different versions showing up in object browser which i havent referred anywhere in the project. I have searched all the microservice for reference and did search for the entire solution, i found 0 references. Can anyone please let me know if there is any way that i can see where its referenced or if i can remove it from object browser? Thankyou

Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T07:56:55.447+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , As usual, we could see all the references in the Project->References. Could you have a try? By the way, what is your current project? You also can see the properties of the dll to know where is the dll.
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:03:46.053+00:00

IThankyou for the reply, I have a service fabric application, the dlls in yellow are not referenced anywhere in my project, that is i could'nt find this dll under references in any of my microservice

I have searched one by one , im attaching the overall search here
Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:11:54.543+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , some apps will generate some default dlls. If you don't need to use these dlls, you could delete the dlls directly.
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:12:55.697+00:00

can you please tell me how to delete these dlls from object browser? is there any particular reason this dll is added to my project?, since two versions of this dll is included in my project, im wondering what could be the reason for the dll to be present that too 2 different versions, it would be great if you can clear this doubt, Thankyou
Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:21:49.937+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , you could delete the unused dlls from the references. Currently there is no particular reason for that the dll is added to the project. The app will often provide some common dlls based on your app type. You could delete the dll like the following:
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:27:44.58+00:00

For me to be able to delete from properties => references, this dll should appear in the references section of the project but its not appearing in the project=>properties=>references if any microservice but its showing up in object browser.
That makes me wonder how to remove if its not available in reference part.
Thankyou for helping me

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Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T07:56:55.447+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , As usual, we could see all the references in the Project->References. Could you have a try? By the way, what is your current project? You also can see the properties of the dll to know where is the dll.
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:03:46.053+00:00

IThankyou for the reply, I have a service fabric application, the dlls in yellow are not referenced anywhere in my project, that is i could'nt find this dll under references in any of my microservice

I have searched one by one , im attaching the overall search here
Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:11:54.543+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , some apps will generate some default dlls. If you don't need to use these dlls, you could delete the dlls directly.
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:12:55.697+00:00

can you please tell me how to delete these dlls from object browser? is there any particular reason this dll is added to my project?, since two versions of this dll is included in my project, im wondering what could be the reason for the dll to be present that too 2 different versions, it would be great if you can clear this doubt, Thankyou
Jack J Jun 25,296 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:21:49.937+00:00

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , you could delete the unused dlls from the references. Currently there is no particular reason for that the dll is added to the project. The app will often provide some common dlls based on your app type. You could delete the dll like the following:
Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-15T08:27:44.58+00:00

For me to be able to delete from properties => references, this dll should appear in the references section of the project but its not appearing in the project=>properties=>references if any microservice but its showing up in object browser.
That makes me wonder how to remove if its not available in reference part.
Thankyou for helping me

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Jack J Jun 25,296

@Sritharini Radhakrishnan , Although you see some unused references in the object browser, these dlls comes from your computer instead of your project. Please note that every dll has the default path, like C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.8\. The Object Browser often shows that the common dlls based on your project. Therefore, I think there is no need to delete the unused dlls If you didn't meet the dll error.

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Sritharini Radhakrishnan 66 Reputation points

2021-09-16T08:33:42.607+00:00

Thankyou very much!

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