Best way to add NuGet packages as project references in VS2012?

Question

Ok. Really quick question, I\'m probably just being thick.

If you right-click on a projects \'references\' folder then \'Manage NuGet Packages\' you can then instal

Answer 1

I had the same issue. The solution posted by kristianp has worked as expected, it can be a bit cumbersome however, when dealing with lots of packages. The solution, that worked for me was just to edit the myProjectName.csproj file in the notepad, and just to copy-paste references from another project like so:

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      ..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.2.1.2\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.dll
    
    
      ..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.SystemWeb.2.1.2\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.SystemWeb.dll
    

    ...

Hope this helps someone. It saved me a lot of clicking :)