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Question

I have a web project in my solution file that is \"unavailable\" when I open the solution. When I right-click on the web project and reload the project, I get the following

Answer 1

For my project, I had to delete these two lines from .csproj file

{3AA499DF-4A65-43B7-8965-D08A4C811834}
{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}

I tried deleting only the first one, but it wasn't enough.

EDIT: As many users have pointed out, this can change your project type or mess with your source control program. I can't investigate these issues as it was a school project I do not have anymore. Please be careful when trying this. At least make a copy of what you delete.