Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader

Question

Could not load file or assembly \'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a\' or one of its depen         


        

Answer 1

Our project had (incorrectly) reference to the PageInspector.Loader.dll in the GAC for a long time:

 
    
      ..\..\..\..\..\..\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader\v4.0_1.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader.dll
    
  

It worked for some time, but recently deployment to Azure caused the error "Can not find compilation library location for package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader".

We found and deleted the reference from .csproj file and the problem was fixed.