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Missing dll files in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 4\Assemblies", only xml

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Monday, December 17, 2018 11:12 AM

Hello, 

I want to add reference to "System.Web.MVC" in Reference Manager in Visual Studio, but it hasn't got this item. Also i want to add this reference via explorer: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 4\Assemblies", but this folder has only xml files:

  • System.Net.Http.Formatting.xml
  • System.Net.Http.WebRequest.xml
  • System.Net.Http.xml
  • System.Web.Http.SelfHost.xml
  • System.Web.Http.WebHost.xml
  • System.Web.Http.xml
  • System.Web.Mvc.xml

I know that i can download mvc files via nuget, but i should do my project with default references to files or references in Reference Manager.

I use Visual Studio 2015.

Is this problem with my installation of visual studio, that folder dos't have ddl files?

Thanks for any help.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018 6:14 AM ✅Answered

Hi Olexandra,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I tried to create a MVC 4 project and check the assemblies folder in my side. Actually, you should have saw system.web.mvc.dll in this folder. So I suspect your installation is incompletely.

Please go through those workarounds to troubleshot it:

  1. In VS 2015, the System.Web.Mvc in the "assemblies" tab that need to look into "assemblies-extensions" tab rather than the default "assemblies-framework" tab.
  2. Check the update flag in upper right corner of IDE. If there is pending hotfix, please update them.
  3. to unchecked then re-checked the Microsoft Web developer tools option in install workload list.
  4. Close all instance and VS. then go to “uninstall program” list in control panel to right click “change” – “repair” to repair it.
  5. If not, I recommend you to add this dll by Nuget command line, refer to this similar thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3648364/why-is-system-web-mvc-not-listed-in-add-references .

Looking forwards your reply.

Best Regards.

May

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Friday, December 21, 2018 1:10 PM

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, first steps didn't fix the problem, so i think i should add all dlls' via nuget.