Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

asp.net-mvc

Solution

You need a dll called `Microsoft.Web.Services3.dll` in your output folder. That's a component which is used by a few older libraries. You should find it somewhere on your Computer or using Google.

Problem

I am working on ASP.NET MVC4 (Visual Studio 2012), while adding a Controller I am getting error as : ``` --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- ``` I am not getting what could go wrong. Not sure what details could I provide to get hold of the issue.

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