“Could not load file or assembly 'System.Core, Version=2.0.5.0,…” exception when loading Portable Class Library dynamically

Question

First of all I need to emphasize that this is slightly different question than the one in this thread. Additionally, installing KB2468871 doesn\'t help.

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Answer 1

I think you are getting these issues because:

You're getting an exception because you haven't got the latest .NET updates.

http://www.paraesthesia.com/archive/2013/01/21/using-portable-class-libraries-update-net-framework.aspx

Take note of the WSUS part - you may think you have the latest updates, but you don't cause your WSUS server is out of date.

This patch may help, but you're better just to get all the .net updates:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2468871

(from a comment above)

Try LoadFrom(...) rather than LoadFile(...) / Load(byte[]) and see if that fixes your issue? :)