Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Http 4.0.0 after update from 2012 to 2013

Question

I did the upgrade according to. http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-5/how-to-upgrade-an-aspnet-mvc-4-and-web-api-project-to-aspnet-mvc-5-and-web-api-2

I get the er

Answer 1

The proper solution to resolve this issue is by following the steps

. Update Visual studio if you have older version to 15.5.4 (Optional)

2. Remove all binding redirects from web.config

3. Add this to the csproj file:

 
  true
  true

4. Build.

5. In the bin folder, there should be a (WebAppName).dll.config file.

6. It should have redirects in it. Copy these to the web.config

7. Remove the above snipped from the csproj file again

8. It should work

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