The "NuGet.Build.Tasks.GetReferenceNearestTargetFrameworkTask" task could not be loaded

Question

Hello together,

I'm starting to despair. I get the error below on every project I try to build.

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State

Error The "NuGet.Build.Tasks.GetReferenceNearestTargetFrameworkTask" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\NuGet\NuGet.Build.Tasks.dll. Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.

I have already tried any gacutil commands I have found the error and any other suggestions that have come up on google. Also, completely uninstalling via install clean-up from Visual Studio was unsuccessful.

Does anyone have any other ideas about what I could do?

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4.4.

Thanks and kindly Regards

Justin

Answer 1

Hi @Justin, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

How did you build your project? 

Please try to add the assembly into the global assembly cache:

gacutil /i Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0.dll 

Meanwhile, please install the latest version of NuGet.Build.Tasks in package manager:

NuGet\Install-Package NuGet.Build.Tasks -Version 6.4.0

Sincerely,

Anna

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