NuGet auto package restore does not work with MSBuild

Question

I\'m trying to build a solution with packages content missing (except repositories.config inside) with MSBuild 12.0. I expect it to auto restore al

Answer 1

Sometimes this occurs when you have the folder of the package you are trying to restore inside the "packages" folder (i.e. "Packages/EntityFramework.6.0.0/") but the "DLLs" are not inside it (most of the version control systems automatically ignore ".dll" files). This occurs because before NuGet tries to restore each package it checks if the folders already exist, so if it exists, NuGet assumes that the "dll" is inside it. So if this is the problem for you just delete the folder that NuGet will restore it correctly.