How to fix “namespace x already contains a definition for x” error? Happened after converting to VS2010

Question

Specifically the error occurs in the Resources.Designer.cs:

Error 2 The namespace \'ModulusFE\' already contains a definition for \'Sto

Answer 1

I had something similar to this happen in my WPF application. It arose when I was trying to do some cleanup by declaring a namespace that was more descriptive. The problem arose because I had named the namespace in the code-behind (or cs) the same as the Window class. The namespace in the code-behind should have the last section stripped (after the rightmost dot) and used to declare the class and instantiate it. Notice Win below:

xaml

code-behind

namespace FrameApp.UI.Invoice
{
    public partial class Win : Window
    {
        public Win()
    }
}

An obvious oversight but it set me back at least an hour with all the errors that appeared.