Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.Interfaces

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I updated my community edition of visual studio 2017 to 15.3.0

and I got this new build error

Build Failure. Error: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.Interfaces, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. ========== Clean: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

there is no reference error and nothing new on my project except the new VS update.

I am developing an MVC 5 runs under 4.5.1 framework.

asp.net-mvc-5 visual-studio-2017 c#
5 Answers

If you need to keep Lightweight Solution Load enabled, or don't have the option to disable it, then modifying your Visual Studio install to include "Desktop development with C++" will add the missing file and repair the issue.

Desktop development with C++

Source: Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Community

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