Question

I really do not know what to do, I’m following this article that shows how to migrate my MVC 3 application manually .

I followed all the steps but when running my application the following error occurs:

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.

Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or
one of its dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition
does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT:
0x80131040)

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or
assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The
located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly
reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to
determine why the assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’
could not be loaded.

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly bind
failure logging, set the registry value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1. Note: There
is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure
logging. To turn this feature off, remove the registry value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

Stack Trace:

[FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly
‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The
located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly
reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)]
Microsoft.Web.Samples.PreApplicationStartCode.Start() +0

[InvalidOperationException: The pre-application start initialization
method Start on type Microsoft.Web.Samples.PreApplicationStartCode
threw an exception with the following error message: Could not load
file or assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its
dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition does not
match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040).]
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethods(ICollection`1
methods) +423
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods() +306
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager
appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory
configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters,
PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +677

[HttpException (0x80004005): The pre-application start initialization
method Start on type Microsoft.Web.Samples.PreApplicationStartCode
threw an exception with the following error message: Could not load
file or assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its
dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition does not
match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040).]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +9079340
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +97
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest
wr, HttpContext context) +256

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319;
ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.237

I looked through the code, but I see no reference to System.Web.WebPages.Razor in version 1.0 version 2.0 only.

Answer 1

Use NuGet and add the package Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc (Microsoft Asp.Net Mvc 4). This should upgrade your references. See:

https://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc

You will need to upgrade the assembly references in your web.config.

Remove from the root web.config:

<assemblies>
  <add assembly="System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
  <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
  <add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</assemblies>

Add to the root web.config:

<runtime>
  <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

Views/Web.Config:

Change Razor from 1.0.0.0 to 2.0.0.0:

<configSections>
  <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
    <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
    <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
  </sectionGroup>
</configSections>

<host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />

<pages validateRequest="false"
       pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
       pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
       userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
  <controls>
    <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
  </controls>
</pages>