ADO.NET provider with invariant name 'System.Data.SqlClient;' cannot be found (Entity Framework MVC)

Question

I cannot seem to resolve what appears to be a common issue with Entity Framework 6. I have reviewed the many topics related to this issue on SO, and am unable to find a solu

Answer 1

For me, this issue is caused by damaged EntityFramework. Uninstall EntityFramework as well as Visual Studio and Re-Installing the Visual Studio - The visual studio installation covers the .Net Framework SDK installation kind of resolved this issue.