VS2015 - The 'NuGetPackage' package did not load correctly

Question

Just opened up VS 2015 Enterprise RTM, opened up an existing working project, getting the following error:

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Microsoft Visual Studio

Answer 1

When upgrading projects with nuget packages from Vx20XX to VS2015, you might have a problem with nuget packages.

Example of error message: This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105.

I fixed my problem writing a little program that do MSBuild-Integrated package restore vs. Automatic Package Restore

You can download executable of the tool here.

Please let me know the result :-) !

Code as reference:

<Window x:Class="FixNuGetProblemsInVs2015.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:FixNuGetProblemsInVs2015"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="Fix NuGet Packages problems in Visual Studio 2015 (By Eric Ouellet)" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="10"></ColumnDefinition>
            <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">Root directory of projects</TextBlock>
        <Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2">
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <TextBox Grid.Column="0" Name="DirProjects"></TextBox>
            <Button Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Name="BrowseDirProjects" Click="BrowseDirProjectsOnClick">Browse...</Button>
        </Grid>

        <!--<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Directory of NuGet Packages</TextBlock>
        <Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2">
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <TextBox Grid.Column="0" Name="DirPackages"></TextBox>
            <Button Grid.Column="1"  Name="BrowseDirPackages" Click="BrowseDirPackagesOnClick">Browse...</Button>
        </Grid>-->

        <TextBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Name="TxtLog" IsReadOnly="True"></TextBox>

        <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Click="ButtonRevertOnClick">Revert back</Button>
        <Button Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="2" Click="ButtonFixOnClick">Fix</Button>
    </Grid>
</Window>


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Application = System.Windows.Application;
using MessageBox = System.Windows.MessageBox;

/// <summary>
/// Applying recommanded modifications in section : "MSBuild-Integrated package restore vs. Automatic Package Restore"
/// of : http://docs.nuget.org/Consume/Package-Restore/Migrating-to-Automatic-Package-Restore
/// </summary>

namespace FixNuGetProblemsInVs2015
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            DirProjects.Text = @"c:\prj";
            // DirPackages.Text = @"C:\PRJ\NuGetPackages";
        }

        private void BrowseDirProjectsOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            FolderBrowserDialog dlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            dlg.SelectedPath = DirProjects.Text;
            if (dlg.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
            {
                DirProjects.Text = dlg.SelectedPath;
            }
        }

        //private void BrowseDirPackagesOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        //{
        //  FolderBrowserDialog dlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
        //  dlg.SelectedPath = DirPackages.Text;
        //  if (dlg.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
        //  {
        //      DirPackages.Text = dlg.SelectedPath;
        //  }
        //}

        // private string _dirPackages;

        private void ButtonFixOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            DoJob(false);
        }

        private void ButtonRevertOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            DoJob(true);
        }

        private void DoJob(bool revert = false)
        {
            TxtLog.Text = "";

            string dirProjects = DirProjects.Text;
            // _dirPackages = DirPackages.Text;

            if (!Directory.Exists(dirProjects))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Projects directory does not exists: " + dirProjects);
                return;
            }

            //if (!Directory.Exists(_dirPackages))
            //{
            //  MessageBox.Show("Packages directory does not exists: " + _dirPackages);
            //  return;
            //}

            RecurseFolder(dirProjects, revert);
        }

        private void RecurseFolder(string dirProjects, bool revert = false)
        {
            if (revert)
            {
                Revert(dirProjects);
            }
            else
            {
                FixFolder(dirProjects);
            }

            foreach (string subfolder in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(dirProjects))
            {
                RecurseFolder(subfolder, revert);
            }
        }

        private const string BackupSuffix = ".fix_nuget_backup";

        private void Revert(string dirProject)
        {
            foreach (string filename in Directory.EnumerateFiles(dirProject))
            {
                if (filename.ToLower().EndsWith(BackupSuffix))
                {
                    string original = filename.Substring(0, filename.Length - BackupSuffix.Length);
                    if (File.Exists(original))
                    {
                        File.Delete(original);                                          
                    }
                    File.Move(filename, original);
                    Log("File reverted: " + filename + " ==> " + original);
                }
            }
        }

        private void FixFolder(string dirProject)
        {
            BackupFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(dirProject, "nuget.targets"));
            BackupFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(dirProject, "nuget.exe"));

            foreach (string filename in Directory.EnumerateFiles(dirProject))
            {
                if (filename.ToLower().EndsWith(".csproj"))
                {
                    FromProjectFileRemoveNugetTargets(filename);
                }
            }
        }

        private void BackupFile(string path)
        {
            if (File.Exists(path))
            {
                string backup = path + BackupSuffix;
                if (!File.Exists(backup))
                {
                    File.Move(path, backup);
                    Log("File backup: " + backup);
                }
                else
                {
                    Log("Project has already a backup: " + backup);
                }
            }
        }

        private void FromProjectFileRemoveNugetTargets(string prjFilename)
        {
            XDocument xml = XDocument.Load(prjFilename);

            List<XElement> elementsToRemove = new List<XElement>();

            foreach (XElement element in xml.Descendants())
            {
                if (element.Name.LocalName == "Import")
                {
                    var att = element.Attribute("Project");
                    if (att != null)
                    {
                        if (att.Value.Contains("NuGet.targets"))
                        {
                            elementsToRemove.Add(element);
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (element.Name.LocalName == "Target")
                {
                    var att = element.Attribute("Name");
                    if (att != null && att.Value == "EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports")
                    {
                        elementsToRemove.Add(element);
                    }
                }
            }

            if (elementsToRemove.Count > 0)
            {
                elementsToRemove.ForEach(element => element.Remove());
                BackupFile(prjFilename);
                xml.Save(prjFilename);
                Log("Project updated: " + prjFilename);
            }
        }

        private void Log(string msg)
        {
            TxtLog.Text += msg + "\r\n";
        }

    }
}

Answer 2

It seems that nuget in VS2015 is set up to show only microsoft packages. To be able to search all packages in nuget.org go to Tools > Options > NuGet Package Manager > Package Sources, click add, put nuget.org as Name and https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/ as Source, then click OK. Now in Nuget Package Manager you can select nuget.org (or All) as Package source and you will be able to search for all packages (not only the ones coming from microsoft).

Answer 3

Bear in mind

A reinstall of the NuGet Package Manager does NOT seem to remove the existing NuGet.Config file held in c:\users\name\AppData\Roaming\NuGet!

Mine had a missing 'packageSources' section (why, I don't know) but since this file was not recreated NuGet still didn't work!

So either manually enter this section or remove this config file, then reinstall NuGet through the Extensions and Updates which will recreate a brand new one!

Answer 4

I found this on google, got a similar error: The 'NuGetPackage' package did not load correctly.

An error occurred while reading file xxx. There are duplicate packages.

Check the packages.config file in every project, and remove the duplicate package line from it, and it should work.

Answer 5

Go into :

Tools
Extensions and Updates

Insert on the search box on the right Nuget Package Manager and set it up (full setup) .

Following that you would have the Manage Nuget Packages in the Tools section .