>>>HI
>>>
>>>I'm looking at a .NET project which contains references to several external dlls.
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>>>I want to move the project but when I do it cabn't find the dlls any more as the refernces to the dlls have changed and are pointing to an invalid location.
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>>>What am I doing wrong.
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>>Hi,
>>The references are probably stored as relative paths from the main project. Take a look at the raw .csproj file of the project you moved to check this (specifically the ItemGroup/ProjectReference XML elements). You'll either need to move the related projects along with the main project or re-establish the links to reflect the new relative path....
>>HTH
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>Thanks Viv
>
>I'm re establishing the links. Its a bit tiresome :-(

Catch 22. If MS had gone with an absolute path then moving *all* the projects to a new location would generate the same problem.
And that's probably the more common scenario (retrieving from source control for example)