The “CreateRiaClientFilesTask” task failed unexpectedly

Question

I\'ve VS 2010 and recently installed WCF RIA Services V1.0. For testing I have created a new Silverligh Business project but now every now and then when I rebuild the solution I

Answer 1

I had this problem for months and months on my new work computer, after getting frustrated with my antivirus slowing my machine down (McAfee not my choice was installed by admin) I removed it and voila, I stop getting the CreateRiaClientFilesTask error. It seems there are a million different reasons for this happening but this has definitely worked for me, I'm now just using the bog standard Microsoft Antivirus that's not installed on Windows but can be found if you follow your nose in the Windows 7 security section where it says No Antivirus Installed.