Deleting ghost files in project

[Joel]

I have a very large project (~500 vi's) running under LabVIEW 8.5.  Along the way I've created and deleted several vi's...these vi's no longer exist on disk.  Unfortunately, some still show up in the dependencies list in the Project Items window, and also show in the Project FIles window.  How can I delete these ghosts?

One file in particular causes problems.  It is an xcontrol.  Whenever I load the project, LabVIEW unsuccessfully searches for this xcontrol, and I have to hit "Ignore Item" to finish the project load.

[parthabe]

I dont think that LV searches for something that is not in the project , maybe the thing it searches for is present in some other directory/folder, which while during earlier searches by LV, was okeyed by you unknowingly or by someone else...

Thats why it repeatedly looks for that VI (here an XControl)...

Maybe U can try it out after masscompiling the entire project from the top-level VI.

Just a thought...

[Joel]

Thanks.  Looking at the log file from the mass compile shows which current .vi are linked to the ghost .vi, and deleting them cures the problem.