Ytukyg

I just came across this problem today, and I found this Microsoft Help and Support page that actually did work around the problem.

I had a couple delegates at the top of my file, in the global namespace, and all of a sudden I was getting a MissingManifestResourceException when running the program, on this line:

this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));

Then I moved the delegates into the namespace, got the same error. Finally I put the delegates in the only class in that file, and the error went away, but I didn't want the delegates in that class or namespace.

Then I came across that link above, which said

To resolve this problem, move all of the other class definitions so that they appear after the form's class definition.

I put the delegates (which I would not consider "class definitions") at the bottom of that file, outside of the local namespace, and the program didn't get the MissingManifestResourceException anymore. What an irritating error. But, that seems like a more robust solution than modifying the auto-generated code :)

I've run into a similar issue and, although I know it isn't the cause the OP had, I'll post it here so that if someone else runs across this problem in the future an answer will be available.

If you add a class before the designer class you will get a MissingManifestResourceException exception at runtime (no compile time error or warning) because

Visual Studio requires that designers use the first class in the file.

For (slightly) more information see this post.

I had the same problem, but using the Run Custom Tool command as suggested by Timwi did not help in my case.

However it lead me into the right direction, because I ended up in the Properties of the .resx file. Here I noticed a difference to another .resx file that caused no problems.

In my case I had to change the property "Build Action" from "Resource" to "Embedded Resource".

My best guess for the reason is, that I had the .resx in a library that was used from another application. My application did not have its own .resx file, so it had to use the one from the library - which is only available when it's embedded in the library and not "stand alone".

When I run in a similar issue, in Vs 2012, it turned out that the "Custom Tool Namespace" property of the resx file was wrong (in my case, actually, it was unset, so the generated code yeld this exception at runtime).
My final set of properties for the resx file was something like this:

• Build action: Embedded Resource
  


• Copy to Output Directory: Do not copy
  


• Custom Tool: ResXFileCodeGenerator
  


• Custom Tool Namespace: My.Project.S.Proper.Namespace
  

I ran into a different cause of this problem, which was unrelated to resx files. I had a class library where AssemblyInfo.cs contained the following:

[assembly: ThemeInfo(

ResourceDictionaryLocation.SourceAssembly,

ResourceDictionaryLocation.SourceAssembly)]

The assembly did not contain any WPF code, theme or Resource dictionaries. I got rid of the exception by removing the ThemeInfo attribute.

I did not get an actual exception, only

A first chance exception of type 'System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException'.

Viewing exception details, the system was requesting MyAssembly.g.resources

Hope this might be of help to someone else.

Not sure it will help people but this one worked for me :

So the issue I had was that I was getting the following message:

Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "My.Resources.Resources.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "X" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed"

I was trying to get the resources that were embedded in my project from another class library.

What I did to fix the problem was to set the Access Modifier in the tab Project->Properties->Resources from "Internal" (accessible only within the same class library) to "Public" (accessible from another class library)

Then run and voilà, no more error for me...

Also see: MissingManifestResourceException when running tests after building with MSBuild (.mresource has path in manifest)

I repeat the answer here just for completeness:

It appears adding LogicalName to the project file fixes it:

<LogicalName>$(RootNamespace).Properties.Resources.resources</LogicalName> 

i.e. so the embedded resource entry in the project file looks like this:

<ItemGroup>

  <EmbeddedResource Include="PropertiesResources.resx">

    <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>

    <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>

    <LogicalName>$(RootNamespace).Properties.Resources.resources</LogicalName> 

  </EmbeddedResource>

</ItemGroup>

This is detailed in: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msbuild/archive/2007/10/19/manifest-resource-names-changed-for-resources-files.aspx

Note that we are using a .resx file, but the bug still appears to occur.

Update: The problem with resources (incl. XAML) appears to be related to output paths and the use of forward or backward slashes as detailed in:
Why does modifying project output directories cause: IOException was unhandled "Cannot locate resource 'app.xaml'."

The solution given by BlaM worked for me too.

I am a VS 2013 User. After going through many fixes but no luck, I tried this:

1. Right-click the resource file, one-by-one, in case of multiple-files.


2. Make sure, the property "Build Action" is set to "Embedded Resource".

That's it! :)

I had the same issue, but in my case i places a class in a usercontrol which is related to the usercontrol like this

Public Class MyUserControlObject



end Class



Public Class MyUserCOntrol



end Class

The solution was to move the MyUserControlObject to the end of the Usercontrol class, like this

Public Class MyUserCOntrol



end Class



Public Class MyUserControlObject



end Class

I hope this helps

I was getting the MissingManifestResourceException error after I ported my project from VS2005 to VS2010. I didn't have any other classes defined in the file that contains my Form class. And I also had my resx Resource File Name set correctly. Didn't work.

So I deleted the resx files and regenerated them. All good now.

Recently ran into the same problem, struggled for a bit, found this topic but no answers were correct for me.

My issue was that when I removed main window from my WPF project (it does not have a main window), I forgot to remove StartupUri from App.xaml. I guess this exception can happen if you have a mistake in StartupUri, so in case if anybody is struggling with this - check your StartupUri in App.xaml.

Recently stumbled upon this issue, in my case I did a few things:

1. Make sure the namespaces are consistent in the Designer.cs file of the resx file




2. Make sure the default namespace of the Assembly(right click the project and choose Properties) is set the same to the namespace the resources file is in.

Once I did step 2, the exception went away.

Because I am pre-compiling my web application (using VS2012 publish feature). I was getting the error above. I tried all the suggestions, but weirdly changing 'Build Action' to 'Content' did the trick!

In my case, I have a web api with resources and I create a nuget package from that. When I use this nuget in other projects, I realise that when I request a api with resources, I am getting MissingManifestResourceException after a bit reasearch, I learn nuget packager is not packing resources automatically. If you want to use resources files, you have to do that manually. So you need to add below lines to your .nuspec file:
(Visit https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/1482)

<package> 

    <metadata>

    </metadata>

    <files>

        <file src="binDebugenMyAssembly.resource.dll" target="libnet40enMyAssembly.resource.dll" />

        <file src="binDebugesMyAssembly.resource.dll" target="libnet40esMyAssembly.resource.dll" />

    </files>

</package>

But, before adding files, you need to be sure which version of .net you are using.

I had the with a newly created F# project.
The solution was to uncheck "Use standard resource names" in the project properties -> Application -> Resources / Specify how application resources will be managed.
If you do not see the checkbox then update your Visual Studio! I have 15.6.7 installed. In 15.3.2 this checkbox is not there.