You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0

Question

The project is an ASP.NET MVC Web App targeting the .NET Framework 4.6.1.

All of a sudden (some NuGet packages were upgraded) I started to get the following error du

Answer 1

Those who are not having web.config file. Output Type other than web application. update the project file (.csproj) with below give code.

It may cause due to adding/removing the .netframework in improper way or it may broke unexpected way.

Output Type

• Console application
• Class Library