Build error, This project references NuGet

Quick solution that worked like a charm for me and others: If you are using VS 2015+, just remove the following lines from the .csproj file of your project: <Import Project=”$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets” Condition=”Exists(‘$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets’)” /> <Target Name=”EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports” BeforeTargets=”PrepareForBuild”> <PropertyGroup> <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them. … Read more

NuGet auto package restore does not work with MSBuild

If you are using Visual Studio 2017 or later which ships with MSBuild 15 or later, and your .csproj files are in the new PackageReference format, the simplest method is to use the new MSBuild Restore target. No-one has actually answered the original question, which is “how do I get NuGet packages to auto-restore when … Read more

[A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to… web.config issue

I am using VS2013, MVC 5.2.2.0, Web Api 2. I have just changed the all versions from 2.0.0.0 to 3.0.0.0 of the following section of Web.config resides inside the View folder of my project. <configSections> <sectionGroup name=”system.web.webPages.razor” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″> <section name=”host” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″ requirePermission=”false” /> <section name=”pages” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, … Read more

How do I enable NuGet Package Restore in Visual Studio?

It took far too long but I finally found this document on Migrating MSBuild-Integrated solutions to Automatic Package Restore and I was able to resolve the issue using the methods described here. Remove the ‘.nuget’ solution directory along from the solution Remove all references to nuget.targets from your .csproj or .vbproj files. Though not officially … Read more