Build error This project references NuGet

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When I try to build my solution  I get the following error message      Severity  Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State   Error     This project references NuGet package s  that are missing on   this computer  Use NuGet Package Restore to download them   For more   information  see http   go microsoft com fwlink  LinkID 322105  The   missing file is      packages Microsoft Net Compilers 1 1 1 build Microsoft Net Compilers props     MusicKarma  C  Users Bryan Documents Visual   Studio 2015 Projects MusicKarma MusicKarma csproj 268   When I look In my packages folder  I can find I file named Microsoft Net Compilers props  I have tried to use Nuget Restore  but it keeps saying that I have all the packages   This happens when I take this project from TFS to one of my computers

User · Answer

This problem appeared for me when I was creating folders in the filesystem (not in my solution) and moved some projects around.

Turns out that the package paths are relative from the csproj files. So I had to change the "HintPath" of my references:

<Reference Include="EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
    <HintPath>..\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.3\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll</HintPath>
    <Private>True</Private>
</Reference>

To:

<Reference Include="EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
    <HintPath>..\..\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.3\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll</HintPath>
    <Private>True</Private>
</Reference>

Notice the double "..\" in 'HintPath'.

I also had to change my error conditions, for example I had to change:

<Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.1.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.1.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />

To:

<Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.1.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.1.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />

Again, notice the double "..\".

User · Answer

In my case  I deleted the Previous Project  amp  created a new project with different name  when i was building the Project it shows me the same error  I just edited the Project Name in csproj file of the Project  amp  it Worked

User · Answer

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      lt Import Project    SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets  Condition  Exists    SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets      gt     lt Target Name  EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports  BeforeTargets  PrepareForBuild  gt       lt PropertyGroup gt         lt ErrorText gt This project references NuGet package s  that are missing on this computer  Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them   For more information  see http   go microsoft com fwlink  LinkID 322105  The missing file is  0   lt  ErrorText gt       lt  PropertyGroup gt       lt Error Condition   Exists    SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets    Text     System String   Format    ErrorText       SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets       gt     lt  Target gt    In VS 2015  Solution Explorer    Right-click project name -  Unload Project Right-click project name -  Edit  csproj  Remove the lines specified above from the file and save Right-click project name -  Reload Project

User · Answer

First I would check if your MusicKarma project has Microsoft Net Compilers in its packages config file  If not then you could remove everything to do with that NuGet package from your MusicKarma csproj   If you are using the Microsoft Net Compilers NuGet package then my guess is that the path is incorrect  Looking at the directory name in the error message I would guess that the MusicKarma solution file   sln  is in the same directory as the MusicKarma csproj  If so then the packages directory is probably wrong since by default the packages directory would be inside the solution directory  So I am assuming that your packages directory is   C  Users Bryan Documents Visual Studio 2015 Projects MusicKarma packages   Whilst your MusicKarma csproj file is looking for the props file in   C  Users Bryan Documents Visual Studio 2015 Projects packages Microsoft Net Compilers 1 1 1 build   So if that is the case then you can fix the problem by editing the path in your MusicKarma csproj file or by reinstalling the NuGet package

User · Answer

Why should you need manipulations with packages config or  csproj files  The error explicitly says  Use NuGet Package Restore to download them  Use it accordingly this instruction  https   docs microsoft com en-us nuget consume-packages package-restore-troubleshooting      Quick solution for Visual Studio users   1 Select the Tools   NuGet Package Manager   Package Manager Settings menu command    2 Set both options under Package Restore    3 Select OK    4 Build your project again

User · Answer

It s a bit old post but I recently ran into this issue   All I did was deleted all the nuget packages from packages folder and restored it  I was able to build the solution successfully  Hopefully helpful to someone

User · Answer

I also had this error I took this part of code from  csproj file     lt Target Name  EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports  BeforeTargets  PrepareForBuild  gt         lt PropertyGroup gt           lt ErrorText gt This project references NuGet package s  that are missing on this computer  Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them   For more information  see http   go microsoft com fwlink  LinkID 322105  The missing file is  0   lt  ErrorText gt         lt  PropertyGroup gt         lt Error Condition   Exists    SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets    Text     System String   Format    ErrorText       SolutionDir   nuget NuGet targets       gt       lt  Target gt

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