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Nuget Package Restore is a process that happens when a Visual Studio solution is loaded and some Nuget Packages are missing. This usually happens when a solution doesn't have its package contents checked into Source Control (which is a best practice).

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Assets file project.assets.json not found. Run a NuGet package restore

I'm trying to use nopCommerce(Which is written in .NET Core) but when I want to run the project I face 52 Errors telling me Run a nuget package restore Assets file ~\obj\project.assets.json' not found. Run a NuGet package restore to generate this…
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How do I enable NuGet Package Restore in Visual Studio?

There's a similar post on stack but it doesn't help with my issue possibly because I am using Visual Studio 2015. How do I get the "Enable NuGet Package Restore" option to appear in VS2015? I chose File > New Project and created an empty ASP.NET Web…
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[A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to... web.config issue

I am getting the following error: [A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to [B]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection. Type A originates from 'System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, …
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NuGet auto package restore does not work with MSBuild

I'm trying to build a solution with packages content missing (except repositories.config inside) with MSBuild 12.0. I expect it to auto restore all missing packages before building but this is not the case - MsBuild reports tons of errors: "are…
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NuGet Package restore failed for project Miscellaneous Files: Value cannot be null or an empty string. Parameter name: root. 0 0

I have such error in vs 2012: NuGet Package restore failed for project Miscellaneous Files: Value cannot be null or an empty string. Parameter name: root. 0 0 I see that it's a bug https://nuget.codeplex.com/workitem/3780 that was fixed for version…
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Why isn't there any packages folder in my .NET Core solution's containing folder?

Are packages now cached in a more shared location somewhere or what? My solution folder is devoid of any packages folder:
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Error NU1105 Unable to find project information - The project file may be invalid or missing targets required for restore

All of a sudden, I am getting the following errors for 3 projects in a solution: Error NU1105 Unable to find project information for 'C:\code\example\src\libs\example.I18n\example.I18n.csproj'. The project file may be invalid or missing targets…
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Nuget - Package restore failed. Rolling back package changes for 'WebApplication1'. 0

It's my own custom nuget package that I've not published yet and testing locally. The nuget package consists of a dll file and nuspec file is as follows. MyLib 1.0.0 …
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Build error, This project references NuGet

When I try to build my solution, I get the following error message: Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package…
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Local source of nuget packages doesn't exist

After opened the project in another computer and run it on VS Code, the following problem occurred: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.2.300\NuGet.targets(121,5): error : The local source C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\NuGetPackages\' doesn't…
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How to enable nugets package restore in Visual Studio 2015?

How do I enable the nuget package restore feature in Visual Studio 2015? The feature is just missing in my context menu (Yes - I've double checked that I try it on the solution instead of a project) My only project is a .NET 4.5 console application…
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How to fix `Your project does not reference ".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" framework...`

I got this error Your project does not reference ".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" framework. Add a reference to ".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" in the "TargetFrameworks" property of your project file and then re-run NuGet restore. after checkout a…
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Unauthorized nuget package from Visual Studio Team Services using asp.net core rc2

I am unable to install/restore nuget packages from a Visual Studio Team Services feed in an asp.net core web application (RC2). I receive the following: error: Response status code does not indicate success: 401 (Unauthorized). I am running…
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An error occurred while trying to restore packages. Please try again

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. Any experience solving this? How can I find out what exactly is causing the error?
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NuGet Package restore failed: Microsoft.Bcl.Build.Tasks.dll used by another process

NuGet Package restore failed for project MyProject.Application: The process cannot access the file 'C:\MySolution\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Build.1.0.21\build/Microsoft.Bcl.Build.Tasks.dll' because it is being used by another process.. Any idea…
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