GlobalConfiguration.Configure() not present after Web API 2 and .NET 4.5.1 migration

Question

I recently started following this guide to migrate my project to .NET 4.5.1 and Web Api 2.

The very first thing MS developer Rick Anderson asks you to do is change:<

Answer 1

None of these ideas helped my project using MVC 5.2.2.

• System.web.Http 5.2.2 was already installed
• Deleting the Packages folder and completely re-downloading all NuGet libraries did nothing
• Web.config already had a dependentAssembly entry for System.Web.Http

Forcing a reinstall corrected the problem. From the NuGet package manager console:

update-Package -reinstall Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.WebHost