Find missing references in Visual Studio

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I have a huge solution file with lots of projects in it. I suspect that some of the projects that are referenced to by other projects are missing from solution. Is there an easy way to detect missing references in Visual Studio? (I am using 2008)

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If you try and compile and references are missing Visual Studio will give you compile errors for the missing references.

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A quick Google based on your subject turned up Reference Assistant. Which has a 30 day free trial.

Disclaimer: I haven't used the product or any of the companies products.

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I use the macro FindMissingFiles from here which is a modification of HOWTO: Navigate the files of a solution from a Visual Studio .NET macro or add-in. It's pretty raw but does the job.