Get-VSSolutionReferences.ps1

Get-VSSolutionReferences.ps1

#requires -version 2.0
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [ValidateScript({ Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType Leaf })]
    [string]
    $Path
)

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

$Path = ($Path | Resolve-Path).ProviderPath

$SolutionRoot = $Path | Split-Path

$SolutionProjectPattern = @"
(?x)
^ Project \( " \{ FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC \} " \)
\s* = \s*
" (?<name> [^"]* ) " , \s+
" (?<path> [^"]* ) " , \s+
"@

Get-Content -Path $Path |
    ForEach-Object {
        if ($_ -match $SolutionProjectPattern) {
            $ProjectPath = $SolutionRoot | Join-Path -ChildPath $Matches['path']
            $ProjectPath = ($ProjectPath | Resolve-Path).ProviderPath
            $ProjectRoot = $ProjectPath | Split-Path

            [xml]$Project = Get-Content -Path $ProjectPath 
            $nm = New-Object -TypeName System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager -ArgumentList $Project.NameTable
            $nm.AddNamespace('x', 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003')

            $Project.SelectNodes('/x:Project/x:ItemGroup/x:Reference', $nm) |
                ForEach-Object {
                    $RefPath = $null
                    if ($_.HintPath) {
                        $RefPath = $ProjectRoot | Join-Path -ChildPath $_.HintPath
                    }

                    New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                        ProjectPath = $ProjectPath
                        AssemblyName = New-Object -TypeName Reflection.AssemblyName -ArgumentList $_.Include
                        Path = $RefPath
                        SpecificVersion = [Convert]::ToBoolean($_.SpecificVersion)
                    } |
                    Add-Member -Name Name -MemberType ScriptProperty -Value {
                        $this.AssemblyName.Name
                    } -PassThru |
                    Add-Member -Name Exists -MemberType ScriptMethod -Value {
                        try {
                            return Test-Path -Path $this.Path -PathType Leaf
                        } catch {
                            return $false
                        }
                    } -PassThru  

                }
            
        }
    }

Some times, HintPath and SpecificVersion are not present.

Nice!
I'm going to fork this, and give it whirl. In my case, I want to remove references to missing files.

changes in .proj (ex. hintPath) is not getting reflected in VS solution explorer.
How to fix this?