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Asked: 2026-05-23T21:10:53+00:00

This is a Windows Phone 7 project. For some strange reason, Visual Studio 2010

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This is a Windows Phone 7 project.

For some strange reason, Visual Studio 2010 will not let me set the target .NET version to .NET 4.0 in the project settings, Application tab. It’s grayed out.

When I compile the project, the XNA assemblies are .NET 4.0, but System and System.Core and all the rest are .NET 2.0.

When I say “Add Reference”, it won’t let me select any of .NET 4.0 system assemblies like mscorlib.

I uninstalled .NET 4.0 and then reinstalled it. No help.

Edit: My ultimate goal is to get this to compile. Why is it choosing .NET 2.0 for the System assemblies?

Edit: I’m getting these errors:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Video" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Video" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3268: The primary reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "Microsoft.VisualC, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client". To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "Microsoft.VisualC, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a".

Edit: OK, I removed those offending XNA assemblies. It turned out that I didn’t need them. Now the compiler is back to this error:

error CS0518: Predefined type 'System.Object' is not defined or imported

Compile complete -- 1 errors, 0 warnings
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  1. Editorial Team

    Visual Studio is showing you the correct assemblies. You cannot select .NET 4.0 assemblies for Windows Phone 7 for the simple reason that Windows Phone 7 doesn’t run .NET 4.0.

    The versions you see should be like this:

    • Microsoft.Phone.* – 7.0.0.0
    • Microsoft.XNA.* – 4.0.0.0
    • mscorelib – 2.0.5.0
    • System.* – 2.0.5.0
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