Custom tool error: Failed to generate code for the service reference 2

Quick Tip

On Visual Studio if you suddenly get an error when pressing “Update Service References” :

Custom tool error: Failed to generate code for the service reference ‘your service‘

Please check other error and warning messages for details

Do the following:

1. Close all instances of Visual Studio
2. Open the command window and type:<visual studio ide path>\devenv.exe /resetskippkgs

   Example:

   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /resetskippkgs

Voilà! Your update references should work now!