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Question

After format my computer I reinstalled Vs 2017 V 15.6.3 and install ASP.Net Core SDK from Microsoft 2.1.4

But when I create new asp core application VS failed with error

"Project file is incomplete. Expected imports are missing"

Please, can anyone help?

Answer 1

I had the same problem with an ASP.net Core 2.0 project after I've installed the DotNetCore.2.0.5-WindowsHosting Framework on my development machine. I could solve this problem after I've deinstalled the WindowsHosting Framework and all .net Core packages. After this I've reinstalled the dotnet-sdk-2.1.200-win-x64 package and everything worked fine.

Answer 2

I had the same symptoms from a corrupted dotnet core SDK (from the command line I was unable to run dotnet -v, where previously I was able). My project failed to load after a failed IIS web platform installation failure. Reinstalling .NET core SDK resolved the issue.

Answer 3

I was facing the same issue. I was running my project on .Net core 2.2. I tried every single solution given here but nothing worked. I repaired my visual studio and it's working fine now.

Answer 4

I solved this problem by modifying the first line in the .csproj file from:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">

to:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

Answer 5

Same issue...took me a while to figure out. Since I was working on an ASP.NET Core project that targeted .NET Core 1.1, I thought I still needed the .NET Core 1.1 SDK installed. Since I had .NET Core SDK 2.1 installed too there was some sort of conflict and I couldn't open the project file. After uninstalling .NET Core 1.1 I was then able to open my project.

Answer 6

Delete all build generated bin and obj folders. This worked for me after renaming project and trying to reload solution. Not really sure about the real cause of incompatible loading.