title: how to handle "the referenced component "reference" could not be found."
body: <p>So i have never encountered this type of error(well warning) before and i am not sure how exactly to go about rectifying the issue. Of course due to this warning several errors come up when i attempt to call anything that requires this reference.</p>
  
  <p>The warning i get is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"the referenced component "Telerik.Web.UI" could not be found." 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What my questions are about this problem, are what is the reason for Visual Studio to be unable to find a reference even though it appears to be there?</p>
  
  <p>Is there something extra i need to obtain in order for this particular reference to work?</p>
  
  <p>How exactly would i go about fixing this issue?</p>
  
  <p>Also as a side question: how exactly would i have go about dealing with this issue for any reference with Visual Studio, or what would be the steps to go through in order to solve this problem?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 1:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Okay so after spending some time messing around with it i ended up just deleting the reference and readding it.</p>
  
  <p>This solved the problem, however i am still interested in understanding why this would occur?</p>
  
  <p>So new question to be considered: Why would a reference be considered as "not found" even though it is in the correct location?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 2:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Okay so continuing with reference issues, i found this one to be interesting and i have no idea why it is occuring. So my problem is that i am attempting to use the reference </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The pathway for this reference is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\2.8\managed\CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So what i want to do is use this same reference, except instead of the 2.8\managed*</p>
  
  <p>I want to use the version of this reference from the 4.0 directory in the commons directory. No problem all i have to do is delete the current reference and just manually browse for this in the 4.0 directory. However, when i do this i end up having the pathway in the properties folder continue to say it's coming from this location:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\2.8\managed\CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What i would like to know is why is this happening? Does it mean that i am still not obtainning the correct reference folder and how do  i go about correcting this problem?</p>
  
  <p>Any help or suggestions on how to solve this problem are greatly appreciated.
  Thanks.</p>