HRESULT: 0x80131040: The located assembly's ma

Question

The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference

getting this when running nunit through ncover. Any idea?

Answer 1

My problems solved by remove all the runtime part

<runtime>
        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
        </assemblyBinding>
    </runtime>

Answer 2

I recently had this issue and I ran 'depends.exe' on the dll in question. It showed me that the dll was compiled in x86 while some of the dependencys were compiled in x64.

If you are still having troubles I would recommend using depends.exe.

Answer 3

I ran into similar problems when accessing the project files from different computers via a shared folder. In my case clean + reabuild did not help. Had to delete the bin and objects folders from the output directory.

Answer 4

I had the issue where it wouldn't find the PayPal assembly and it was because I had named my solution PayPal. I'm sure this won't be the answer for anyone but thought I'd share it anyway: C# ASP.NET MVC PayPal not finding assembly

Answer 5

Just deleted bin folder and project recreates all and now it is working.

Answer 6

Just Check your webconfig file and remove this code :-

<dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="itextsharp" publicKeyToken="8354ae6d2174ddca" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.5.13.0" newVersion="5.5.13.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>