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You cannot add a Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerRunTime.dll reference to a WCF project in Visual Studio

Symptoms

When you create a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerRunTime.dll reference is not available on the .NET tab. Therefore, you cannot add this reference.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, locate the GAC_MSIL directory, and from there, manually add the reference to Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerRunTime.dll. GAC_MSIL is located in the root GAC directory: 
Windows\Assembly\GAC_MSIL

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Article Info
Article ID : 983076
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 10/19/2010
Exists online : False
Views : 111