Visual Studio error: The “GenerateResource” task failed unexpectedly … The file exists

Question

I am trying to build a solution with many projects, and I\'m getting this error for a Windows Service project:

The \"GenerateResource\" task failed unexpecte         


        

Answer 1

in my case I re-opened the same project with VS2013 instead of VS2010, so I successfully rebuild it (it creates a new file (*.v12.suo). Then I back with VS2010 and finally all was ok. Hope this helps