What is a dll.refresh file in ASP.Net?

Question

In our ASP.Net web project we seem to have some .refresh files associated with some of the 3rd party Dlls we\'re using. Any idea what they are and how/when they are created?

Answer 1

These files give the path to the DLL in question to tell Visual Studio where to find it (you can check this if you open them in a text editor). They will be created each time you add a new reference to the project.

They normally appear when you are using a project type that does not create a standard Visual Studio project file, as normally paths to referenced DLLs would go in there.