warnings - html.helpers not recognized after project update

Question

i recently updated my project to mvc 5, EF 6. i updated all the packages via package console manager (update-package).

Now i see tons of warnings about the html help

Answer 1

I see two issues immediately in your global web.config.

First, this line

Needs to be updated to this line

Second, these lines

Needs to be updated to these lines

The assembly versions need to match what you have upgraded to. Also, after making these changes, you may need to do a clean/rebuild in VS to ensure you have cleared the old assemblies out.