WPF - Image 'is not part of the project or its Build Action is not set to Resource'

Question

I have a project which requires an image in the window. This is a static image and i added through \'Add>Existing Item\'. It exists in the root of the project.

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Answer 1

Try doing a full rebuild, or delete the build files and then build the file.

Visual Studio doesn't always pick up changes to resources, and it can be a pain to get it recompile.

Also try using a full URI as that helped me when I had the same problem. Something like

pack://application:,,,/MyAssembly;component/bug.png

Answer 2

I had the same error message but my issues was a simple NOOB mistake.

When I added my .ico files to "My Project / Resources", VS made a sub folder named Resources and I was trying to use;

<Window Icon="icons1.ico">

when I should have been using;

<Window Icon="Resources/icons1.ico">

... don't judge, I started using WPF 1 week ago :)

Answer 3

There is a solution to your question

<Image Source="/WpfApplication4;component/images/sky.jpg" />

"component" is not a folder!

Answer 4

I faced the exact same issue but restarting VS2008 or cleaning and rebuilding the project did not work for me. In the end, the below steps did the trick.

• In Windows Explorer copy the Image into your project resource folder. Example: MyProject\Resources\
• From within Visual Studio right click on the Resources and select "Add > Existing item" and select the image which you have just copied in
• From within the form XAML set the image source as: "Source="Resources/MyImage.ico" (my image was saved as icon (.ico) file, but this approach should work for any image type

Hope this helps someone