Visual Studio error: The “GenerateResource” task failed unexpectedly … The file exists

Question

I am trying to build a solution with many projects, and I\'m getting this error for a Windows Service project:

The \"GenerateResource\" task failed unexpecte         


        

Answer 1

I checked out (VSS) the obj folder in Solution Explorer and I got a dialog stating that a couple of files and or folders were missing and did I want to create them. I clicked OK and then rebuilt the project without errors.