BE0023: The project contains a reference to a custom build component '[name]'...

Error BE0023: The project contains a reference to a custom build component '[name]' that has a dependency '[dependencyName]' that could not be found.

This error occurs when a build component is specified in the project's ComponentConfigurations property that has a dependency on another build component but the dependency could not be found in any of the loaded component definitions.

This can occur if the build component configuration file for the dependency is deleted from the system but the build component is still listed in the project. Either remove the component from the ComponentConfigurations property settings or restore the dependency custom build component and its configuration file to the custom build component folder (see the Special Folder Locations topic).

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