MissingManifestException and no satellite assemblies; same project works on a fresh install

Question

I created an empty form (using Windows Forms) and localized it's title text into German, using the VS forms designer.

If I compile and run it in Visual C# 2010 Express SP1, I always get MissingManifestResourceException when the form tries to load its resources. Furthermore, VS doesn't create a satellite assembly for the German translation.

The same thing used to work one week ago. The error started appearing when I installed Visual Studio 2010 Professional.

Re-install of Visual Studio didn't solve it. When I re-compile the project with SharpDevelop, the same error occurs.

If I load the same test project on a virtual machine with a fresh VS2010 install, it works just fine. Here is the test project: http://www.wikifortio.com/864312/test_express.zip

So basically my install of VS is doing something wrong with the resources, while it works just fine on a fresh install. How can I troubleshoot this?

Answer 1

Hi Feuertopf,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I tested your project on my side. It works normally without any exception thrown.

First, please repair Visual C# 2010 Express in Control Panel. 

Second, reapply Service Pack 1 again.

If you encounter any problems during the repair, please use this tool to collect the fresh logs: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=12493

Then upload vslogs.cab to a public website like SkyDrive or send it to me directly ([e-mail]).

Third, please create a new project to test if this exception will occur or not.

I found a helpful page you can take a look at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318603

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

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Alexander Sun [MSFT]
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