Visual Studio does not load references above types or Methods.

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_{Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:15 AM}

Hello all .

I have been trying really to find a solution for my problem. I am working on a ASP.NET Core project and have the latest visual studio 2019. The reference won't load. no matter what. When hovering over on the references it shows a tooltip 'Loading references for this type' but would never load them.

please advice on this. 

Thank You.

All replies (2)

_{Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:44 AM}

You have a Visual Stuido problem.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?category=visualstudio

_{Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:41 AM}

Hello Faheem,

Welcome to MSDN forum.

Not sure which kind of reference do you mean, if I understand correctly, you add references like dll files or projects and use it in your code but it blocks(never load), am I right?

If yes, I suggest you could remove this reference and add it again to check if it works this time. Also, you need to check if this reference is broken. Please check this document: Troubleshoot broken references and check these aspects:

(1) The project’s reference path is incorrect or incomplete.

(2) The file being referenced has been deleted.

(3) The file being referenced has been renamed.

(4) The network connection or authentication has failed.

(5) The reference is to a COM component that is not installed on the computer.

In addition, you could try steps below to fix VS if this issue is caused by VS itself.

#1. Try to repair VS 2019 by opening VS Installer => Visual Studio 2019 => More => Repair.

#2. Try to disable/stop third-party extensions or anti-virus software temporarily from Extensions => Manage Extensions => Installed => Disable.

BTW, if this issue still persists, could you share us with some more detailed information and if possible a simple sample, then help us to reproduce this issue? I will then go to test on my side.

Any feedback will be expected.

Kind Regards,

Tianyu

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