Microsoft XNA failure to load pipeline

Question

FULL ERROR:

Error loading pipeline assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.0\Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll". XNA

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When I try to build the program with any files in the content folder (such as "Player.png" in my case) I get this error every time I run it. Is there a solution for this or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

If you register the Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll in the MSBuild folder that's bundled with your version of VS into the Global Assembly Cache does that fix the error?

So if you had 64-bit VS Community 2022 the path containing this assembly is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview\MSBuild\Current\Bin

If you open "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022", then run "cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview\MSBuild\Current\Bin"

Then run "gacutil /i Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll"

If you have a different VS installation you'd need to update the path above.

Answer 2

Just ran into the same problem, and your answer solved it, so thanks from me as well!