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Visual Studio 2012 on Windows Server 2008 x64. &nbsp;<br />
I transferred a website that was working very well on another server with VS 2010.<br />
When I try to build a web site I get the error: &nbsp;&quot;The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed. &nbsp;Object reference not set to an instance of an object.&quot;<br />
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What should I do?
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Visual Studio 2012 on Windows Server 2008 x64.  
I transferred a website that was working very well on another server with VS 2010.
When I try to build a web site I get the error:  "The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed.  Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

What should I do?

The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed.

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