System.Runtime.serialization.dll not found on visual studio 2010 - serialization

I have a class type project on my solution, and it has a reference to System.Runtime.Serialization, but, I can't find this dll on my Visual Studio to reference on the project.
Windows is 7 ultimate and is up to date, and my visual studio is up to date too.
Can anyone please help me with this issue?

First of all you can perform a research in your system with the "System.Runtime.Serialization" keywords.
In my case this dll is situated into the folder "C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0"(Windows XP).
After that if you didn't find it yet, you can check into References folder in Visual Studio:
"Add Reference/.NET"

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building monodevelop with visual studio 2017

I try to build monodevelop on windows 10 with visual studio 2017 community
Done everything as https://www.monodevelop.com/developers/building-monodevelop/ says.
I get lot of errors though, mainly becasuse references are not resolved.
When I do following
Open project properties in Visual STudio
go to reference paths
add reference paths e.g.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mono\lib\atk\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mono\lib\glade\
I get references ok for one project.
But there are many-many projects in this solution.
How feed those paths to solution/all projects so
that all dll references would get solved automatically?

Visual Studio 2015 - a lot of Packages are missing

So I recently bought a new computer. And now I wanted to install visual studio 2015. So I did. But now the problem is that i cant create a new project because i cant select a vb.net form or anything else and also im getting these error messages saying:
The 'ErrorListPackage' package did not load correctly
The'VisualStudioPackage' package did not load correctly
The Microsoft.visual studio package did not load correctly
anyone has a solution for this? because I'm kinda getting a bit frustrated now.
I tried a complete uninstall and install and it didnt work. I tried copying folders from my laptop to my new pc but also that didn't work. Also switching frameworks doesn't do anything. I also never experienced this problem before but can this problem occure because I have 2 drives?? Seems odd but I think I'm also going to do an uninstall again and then try the .iso installer and see if that helps.
So this is how I fixed it for myself.
I removed all files and folders that are linked to visual studio
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio Services
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VsGraphics
After I deleted all of those folders I deleted the regkeys located:
HKLM > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Visual Studio
After that I started the visual studio installer with admin rights.
And now I can create a project :)
This usually indicates an issue with an extension which ships with some dependent assemblies which Visual Studio itself (or another extension) also depends on. When these dependencies are different versions, it's not predictable which version will load.
To solve your problem, first disable your extensions and add-ins, then close Visual Studio, clear the ComponentModelCache folder under:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ComponentModelCache
And start Visual Studio again.
This should clear the immediate issue.
Now enable each extension one-by-one restarting Visual Studio every time to see if the issues come back.
To dive deeper into the underlying issue, you could look into all the extensions under these folders:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions
C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Extensions
Look for assemblies from Microsoft itself (commonly found are Microsoft.TeamFoundation.* and Microsoft.VisualStudio. in folders containing an extension that did not originate from Microsoft. These extensions are common culprits for these issues.
If you want to dig deeper, consider using fuslogvw from the Windows SDK to see which assemblies are loaded and which exact versions they are. You can also look into the Visual Studio logs after the issue surfaces to see what underlying cause there may be. The log should be available under:
%AppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.XML

Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2013 library not found

I get a rather unusual error in Visual Studio 2013 in Visual Basic when trying to work with Entity Framework. This doesn't matter whether I work with an existing project or create a new one. It started to happen when I changed to a new PC with Win 8.1.
I create a new model using the wizard from a database. It creates the diagram very nicely. However, I get an compilation error telling the library EntityFramework.dll doesn't exist. However, the only thing is that the path to EntityFramework.dll is wrong (Looks like: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\..\IDE\EntityFramework.dll). The address, however, would be D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE. Where would I change that value?
Ueli
Apparently when reinstalling Visual Studio to a different drive the %VS120COMNTOOLS% environment variable is not updated correctly and points to the folder on the drive where VS was originally installed. The template for generating DDL SQL is using the %VS120COMNTOOLS% environment variable to find assemblies it needs to generate the code. Since the variable is pointing to a folder that no longer contains the necessary files the T4 template transformation fails.
Troubleshooting:
Open the developer command prompt for VS2013
set the variable manually to point to the correct location (e.g.
set VS120COMNTOOLS="D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\")
start VS from the command prompt by executing devenv
verify if things now work
(Note that if you follow the above steps to set the variable it will only work for VS instances started from this command prompt.)
If the above works go to the computer properties (e.g. in Win 8/Win 8.1 type "This PC" in the search window), right click on the icon and select "Properties", go to the "Advanced" tab and click the "Environment Variables" button, then in the "System variables" window find the VS120COMNTOOLS variable, double click (or click the "Edit" button) and fix the variable so that it points to the right folder.
Don't forget the last backslash after Tools... C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools <---- will not work, but... C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\ <--- will work
It might look funny but I encounter the same issue (with windows 8.1) but none of the suggested methods worked for me!!
I checked my environment variables it had the correct path but when I tested it with explorer (typed %VS120COMNTOOLS% in explorer's address bar) it does not showed up!! Rather it said
"windows cannot find %VS120COMNTOOLS% make sure you typed the name correctly"
So what I did was I just deleted the variable and recreated it with the exact same path
and after rebuild the error gone!!!
So if you guys have the same issue give it a go
In my case, it was a permission issue and not related to the environment variable file path as the path was correct in my case.
So what I did is added permissions to my current user on the whole visual studio installation folder and then launched Visual Studio as administrator. I re-generated my Model and it worked!
I had this problem with VS2013 on Windows 8.1. I solved the problem by copying
EntityFramework.dll and Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll
from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE
to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools
The files are in both locations and now everything works fine.
I had to delete my DB Entity Model and start over again to get things working.
It's probably just an MS coding error making VS2013 look in the wrong place.
I had this problem with VS2013 on Windows Server 2012R2. Two drives (C and D). I tried repairing and uninstall-reinstall but that didn't fix anything. It was hacky but I got it to work.
First I changed the system variables to go from D to C. To do this, go to Control Panel --> System and Security --> System. On the left hand side you will see Advanced System Settings. On the bottom of the Advanced tab you see Environment Variables. I had to edit VS120COMNTOOLS to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools. It previously was D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools.
Then I copied the EntityFramework.dll and Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\IDE. If the IDE folder doesn't exist then create one. That is what I had to do. Seems so strange but it works!
I had to delete the current edmx in my project, readd it, and restart VS. Such a wierd problem and took me quite a while to piece together multiple stackoverflow articles to get the whole problem solved.
The following path of %VS120COMNTOOLS% is working for me:
set VS120COMNTOOLS="D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\"
I also faced the same issue. I have my VS2012 at "D:\Program Files (x86)\".
I tried to set the common folder for VS using the following set command from VS2012 command Prompt.
set VS120COMN="D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7"
This resolved the issue for me.

Upgraded WinForms project from VS2005 to VS2012. Now my ReportViewer DLLs are missing

I got a copy of a Visual Studio 2005 project from a friend. The project referenced the DLLs Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common and Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms. On my machine I have Visual Studio 2012. I upgraded the project. The references to these DLLs are broken, understandably, because they are Windows locations, not in the VS project. So, I want to delete the references and re-create, but I cannot find the DLLs on my machine. Do they not get installed with Visual Studio 2012? Can I download them?
I got a copy of a Visual Studio 2005 project from a friend
Which explains the problem, the target .NET version of your project is 2.0. The ReportViewer included with VS2012 requires at least 3.5.
Fix it with Project + Properties, Application tab, Target Framework combobox. You'll then find the ReportViewer control back under the "Reporting" header in the toolbox.
These have been replaced by Report Server. Though if you'd copy them over from your VS2005 machine you should still be able to use them as binary references in your solution. You can download the binaries from the MSDN Download site.
Though there should be binaries for Visual Studio 2012 as well. I suspect they will get installed when you install the SQL Server Development tools, which include the SQL Server Reporting Server components.
You can try to use the Redistributable package for Visual Studio 2010.

Sql datasource wizard problem

hi guys i have an error with sqldatasource.
When i click sqldatasource's updatequery property visual studio give an error:
Microsoft Visual Studio
Could not load file or assembly 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\%DXROOT%\ProductionTools\BuildComponents.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
what's this? How I can solve the problem?
Repairing the Installation sounds like a good idea.
Also have you tried searcing for the file BuildComponents.dll. If you can find it, try copying it to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\%DXROOT%\ProductionTools folder and see if that helps.
It looks like you should do a "Repair" installation of Visual Studio.