“Assembly Same Simple Name already been imported” error

Question

This is a CLR project. I\'m importing two DLL files with the same name, quizz.dll (I rename the old version as legacyquizz.dll) and I include the n

Answer 1

If you are working with the new .csproj version, you may encounter this problem after you add a reference to another solution project, if the reference already exists as an Assembly Dependency (this reference may have been added automatically by Visual Studio).

On Solution Explorer, expand the conflicting project, navigate to Dependencies->Assemblies and check that there is not an existing reference to the assembly that is raising the conflict. If it exists, just delete it and the conflict will be resolved.