Getting “type or namespace name could not be found” but everything seems ok?

Question

I\'m getting a:

type or namespace name could not be found

error for a C# WPF app in VS2010. This area of code was compiling fine

Answer 1

I had a similar issue: The compiler was unable to detect a folder inside the same project, so a using directive linking to that folder generated an error. In my case, the problem originated from renaming the folder. Even though I updated the namespace of all the classes inside that folder, the project info somehow failed to update. I tried everything: deleting the .suo file and the bin and obj folders, cleaning the solution, reloading the project - nothing helped. I resolved the problem by deleting the folder and the classes inside, creating a new folder and creating new classes in that new folder (simply moving the classes inside the new folder didn't help).

PS: In my case I was working on a web application, but this problem may occur in different types of projects.