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Visual Studio 2005: "The Directory Name is Invalid" Error

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May 28, 2006

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When renaming a control ID in VS2005 Web Project at design, IDE may trough an error.

Visual Studio 2005: "The Directory Name is Invalid" Error

Visual Studio 2005: "Failed to find definition" Error

Description

When working with a Web Site project in Visual Studio 2005 you may get an error when re-naming control ID in design mode. Error message can be one of the following:

  • Failed to find definition.
  • The directory name is invalid.

Sample Image - VSPropRenameBug.gif

The error may not happen if you don't have App_Code directory defined within your project.

Workaround

1. Navigate to the directory
..\Documents and Settings\<%UserName%>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\WebsiteCache

2. Create a folder with the same name as the name of your project.