The element <#text> beneath element is unrecognized in Azure

Question

Have a big problem here. I can\'t open any type of project in Visual Studio. Even when I creating a new one I get the error:

the element <#text> be

Answer 1

I had this problem due to git merge conflicts inserting invisible characters into the xml file. To fix this:

1. open sln file in a text editor and copy the contents into an online xml validator (https://www.xmlvalidation.com/)

2. find location of invisible characters and either delete them or retype the line