Metadata file … could not be found error when building projects

Question

Every time I start Visual Studio 2008, the first time I try to run the project I get the error CS0006 The metadata file ... could not be found. If I do a rebuild of the comp

Answer 1

I had this error it was caused by one of my project dependencies where the assembly name had been changed in the project, but the reference was not updated. So updating the reference or renaming the assembly back will fix it.