Removing all unused references from a project in Visual Studio projects

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Removing all unused references from a project in Visual Studio projects

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If you have Resharper (plugin) installed, you can access a feature that allows you to analyze used references via **Solution Explorer > (right click) References > Optimize References...**

[http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/webhelp/Refactorings__Remove_Unused_References.html](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/webhelp/Refactorings__Remove_Unused_References.html)

This feature does not correctly handle:

- Dependency injected assemblies

- Dynamically loaded assemblies (Assembly.LoadFile)

- Native code assemblies loaded through interop

- ActiveX controls (COM interop)

- Other creative ways of loading assemblies