New Class Library (Package) project has no assembly references to .NET framework

Asked Nov 16 '15 at 10:37

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Creating a new Class Library(Package) in C# gives me a seemingly broken reference list. Even old projects when opened show no references.

This started happening after installing Windows Management Framework 4 to resolve the error saying The Dnx Runtime package needs to be installed. See output window for more details as was recommended here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31549273/3547347 .

This only seems to happen with Class Library(Package) projects.

How can I fix this? I can't even add .NET references without browsing to their dll directly.

Edit: Add Reference Screen:

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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asked Nov 16 '15 at 10:37

Douglas Gaskell

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what do you see when you go to add reference section? – shreesha Nov 16 '15 at 10:46
It just shows two categories to the left (Projects, Assemblies), and then where you can usually find your references "No items found". – Douglas Gaskell Nov 16 '15 at 10:49
looks dumb but have you tried restarting visual studio – shreesha Nov 16 '15 at 10:50
It's not dumb, simplest fixes first. I've restarted it and my pc. – Douglas Gaskell Nov 16 '15 at 10:51
browse the path to GAC `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly`.try adding the assembly reference – shreesha Nov 16 '15 at 10:59
This happens *because* you have an install problem with DNX. The fix you tried did not solve the root problem. After a proper install you should have a `C:\Users\yourname\.dnx\packages` subdirectory. – Hans Passant Nov 16 '15 at 11:29
@HansPassant I do have that directory. The subfolders also seem to be populated. Shreesha, I cannot browse, if I try I get a warning saying "Project does not have target frameworks specified" – Douglas Gaskell Nov 17 '15 at 01:46

New Class Library (Package) project has no assembly references to .NET framework

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