The type 'System.Xml.IXmlLineInfo' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Xml, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e'
I have been getting this weird exception out of nowhere while compiling my solution. Turns out I had two projects in my solution using different System.Xml assembly. One using straight from .NET Framework 2.0 and other using assembly 2.0.5.0. ( from Silverlight runtime). Referenced path were C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Xml.dll & C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight\v4.0\System.Xml.dll respectively. If a project file does not specify the exact reference assembly, compiler tries to use any matching assembly present in its cache. I could see the following reference in my csproj file. <Reference Include="System.Xml"/> I updated this reference with the correct version (along with the PublicKeyToken and Culture info) and made the SpecificVersion=True, enforcing compiler to use the specified assembly <Reference Include="System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934