The language-neutral solution package was not found

So there I was happily coding/debugging the latest Contoso solution when all of a sudden, while trying to deploy via VS’s CKSDev plugin, my productivity streak was broken by the following error set.

#001:

Error 2
Error occurred in deployment step 'Retract Solution': 
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\Mi...xml.GUID.tmp' is denied. 

#002:

Error 2
Error occurred in deployment step 'Retract Solution': 
The language-neutral solution package was not found. 

#003:

Error 2
The language-neutral solution package was not found. 

After wasting some time looking at the logs and trying to get to the root cause of the issue, I turned to my trusty default search engine but again no luck.

Fortunately PowerShell (SharePoint 2010 Management Shell) provides us with a way of drilling into SharePoint or in this case SP issues and ripping them out, as the error occurs when trying to retract the solution.

Get all installed WSP's:

Get-SPSolution

Delete problematic one:

(Get-SPSolution solutionName.wsp).Delete()

PS. After removing the solution using the above ps1 script deployment went back to normal.

SyntaxHighlighter Guide

SyntaxHighlighter Home Page:
http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/

Easy Installation Guide:
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SyntaxHighlighter - Themes :
http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/manual/themes/

Name	File
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Django	shThemeDjango.css
Eclipse	shThemeEclipse.css
Emacs	shThemeEmacs.css
Fade To Grey	shThemeFadeToGrey.css
Midnight	shThemeMidnight.css
RDark	shThemeRDark.css

SyntaxHighlighter - Brushes Manual :
http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/manual/brushes/

Brush name	Brush aliases	File name
ActionScript3	as3, actionscript3	shBrushAS3.js
Bash/shell	bash, shell	shBrushBash.js
ColdFusion	cf, coldfusion	shBrushColdFusion.js
C#	c-sharp, csharp	shBrushCSharp.js
C++	cpp, c	shBrushCpp.js
CSS	css	shBrushCss.js
Delphi	delphi, pas, pascal	shBrushDelphi.js
Diff	diff, patch	shBrushDiff.js
Erlang	erl, erlang	shBrushErlang.js
Groovy	groovy	shBrushGroovy.js
JavaScript	js, jscript, javascript	shBrushJScript.js
Java	java	shBrushJava.js
JavaFX	jfx, javafx	shBrushJavaFX.js
Perl	perl, pl	shBrushPerl.js
PHP	php	shBrushPhp.js
Plain Text	plain, text	shBrushPlain.js
PowerShell	ps, powershell	shBrushPowerShell.js
Python	py, python	shBrushPython.js
Ruby	rails, ror, ruby	shBrushRuby.js
Scala	scala	shBrushScala.js
SQL	sql	shBrushSql.js
Visual Basic	vb, vbnet	shBrushVb.js
XML	xml, xhtml, xslt, html, xhtml	shBrushXml.js

C#:

// Hello.cs
using System;

public class Hello
{
   public static int Main(string[] args)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
      return 0;
   }
}

JavaScript:

 
   function myFunction()
   {
      alert("Hello World!");
   }

Plain Text:

Hello World!

PowerShell:

$greeting = "Hello" <-- Comment example.
$name = read-host "What is your name?"
 "$greeting, $name!"

SQL:

CREATE PROCEDURE HelloWorld AS
PRINT 'Hello, world!'
RETURN (0)

XML:

   An XSLT Programmer
   Hello, World!

Above Text:

Above Text:
Some text.

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