How can a clean out the Visual Studio References dialog entries?

Question

My reference dialog box is a mess, it has entries which I don't need any more. Some of the entries have duplicate names but differ by version. This means I have to carefully look at each reference to make sure I add the correct one. If I could simply right-click
on the reference and click on delete the world would be a better place. Since this cannot be done, how else could I remove these bad entries?
I am using VS2013 Community, this problem has driven be crazy in all versions since 2005.
I don't know why this question needs to be asked since the situation should have been obvious at (Visual Studio) development time.
Sic itur ad astra

Answer 1

Thanks for jdweng’s help.
Hi Anaristos,
>> My reference dialog box is a mess. Some of the entries have duplicate names but differ by version.
To really help us understand this issue, could you share us a screen shot about the real “reference dialog” in your side?
>>What I would like to do is to have no resent entries when I click to add a reference to a project unless the references on the list are relevant to my current work. I don't need references to past projects, especially if the entries have the same
name as a reference that I need now but are not either relevant or are the wrong version.
Do you mean that it is the Reference Manage like the following screen shot?
For example, you add a dll file(ClassLibrary1(C1)) as the reference in project A, you also have a project B which refer to another dll file which have the same name as ClassLibrary 1(C2), but not the same dll file. Now you create a new project C which will
refer to C2, but there are two dll files have the same name, so it is hard for you to select the dll file as the reference in project C. 
Did I understand this issue correctly?
If not, please share us a simple sample, so we could understand it better.
But for the reference issue, if possible, I suggest you remove the references with the right click options like the following screen shot, and then re-add the dll files your projects refer to with “Browse” button.
Or you know that what the dll file’s path is, and then move the mouse on the references, I think you could get the folder or the dll file, and then add the correct references. 
If I misunderstood this issue, please share us more detiled information, so jdweng and I will provide better answer for this issue. 
Sincerely,
Jack
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