Why am I unable to add an existing project to my solution in Visual Studio 2008?

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Published on 2010-03-04T15:20:48Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 22:33 UTC
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I am unable to add an existing project or an existing item to any project or solution in visual studio 2008 (SP1). I only get an "Operation cannot be completed error".

Any ideas?

Things I have tried that did not work:

ran devenv /resetsettings (no luck)
Un-installed Resharper 4.5. (no luck)
Repaired Visual Studio from Add/Remove Programs. (no luck)
Un-installed AnkhSVN. (no luck)

Note I am using Windows 7.

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