Try to disable/stop third-party extensions or anti-virus software temporarily from Extensions => Manage Extensions => Installed => Disable.īTW, if this issue still persists, could you share us with some more detailed information and if possible a simple sample, then help us to reproduce this issue? I will then go to test on my side. Try to repair VS 2019 by opening VS Installer => Visual Studio 2019 => More => Repair. In addition, you could try steps below to fix VS if this issue is caused by VS itself.

(5) The reference is to a COM component that is not installed on the computer. (4) The network connection or authentication has failed. (3) The file being referenced has been renamed. (2) The file being referenced has been deleted. (1) The project’s reference path is incorrect or incomplete.

Troubleshoot broken references and check these aspects: Also, you need to check if this reference is broken.

If yes, I suggest you could remove this reference and add it again to check if it works this time. Not sure which kind of reference do you mean, if I understand correctly, you add references like dll files or projects and use it in your code but it blocks(never load), am I right?

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