Greetings,

 I searched, but could not find. I just opened up a web project that I haven't touched in a couple weeks. On my master page, the content area can't be rendered. I get the red "Error Creating Control" with the message as "Could not load file or assembly 'App_Licenses' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest".

I get the same error in a message box if I try to drag a standard control onto the form.

Not sure what happened as all was well last time I touched the project. Any ideas?

Thanks

Mike

Mike Hildner:

Could not load file or assembly 'App_Licenses'

Nothing of that name in .NET framework itself, so I suspect you are using (or at least referencing) a third party control which has some form of licensing (which is broken on your development system).

Try removing any such controls (and associated project references). 

...or try reinstalling the 3rd-party control(s) using the same Windows account that you're trying to load the project from.

Good luck!

Thanks for the help. I was using a third party control (ASPNET Audio). Got rid of it, reinstalled and all is well.

Much appreciated,

Mike