TransformXml task could not be loaded from Microsoft.Web.Publishing.Tasks.dll

Question

Has anyone seen this error and know how to fix it?

The \"TransformXml\" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\M

Answer 1

For me it started working just by adding reference to the NuGet package MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets v14.0.0.3

Even no need to add UsingTask element to the project file as it mentioned by the package author

https://github.com/pdonald/nuget-webtargets

Just install the NuGet package. The package automatically sets the $(VSToolsPath) property to use the targets file in the tools folder.

And then I was able to use TransformXml and other tasks, defined in the package, for instance to transform app.config

  
    
    
    
    
      
      
        $(TargetFileName).config