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Question

I am trying to restore the missing nuget packages and it keeps giving me this Error:

An error occurred while trying to restore packages. Please try again.
         


        

Answer 1

I had a similar issue with the Microsoft.Bcl.Build.1.0.14 NuGet package. My solution to this was to

1. Close Visual Studio
2. Remove the package folder with Explorer (or better only move it to another location)
3. Start Visual Studio
4. Go to the NuGet package manager and click Restore