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Asked: 2026-05-14T04:20:06+00:00

When trying to load Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll from any project, it throws a FileNotFoundException. The specified

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When trying to load Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll from any project, it throws a FileNotFoundException. The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E), with no innerException.

Even the simple code like the following throws that exception:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
 Assembly.LoadFile(@"C:\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll");
}

I run XP x64, but I’ve set the platform in the configuration manager to x86, because I know it shouldn’t(doesn’t) work on x64 or Any CPU.
I’ve manually added the dll file to GAC, but that didn’t solve the problem. I have also tried the M$ Assembly Binding Log Viewer to see if those logs had any useful information, but they didn’t. Everything, the loading etc, was a success according to them.

Any suggestions? please?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Thank you for the response.

    For my purposes version 1.1 suffices, but I should have mentioned that I’ve reinstalled quite a bit: I’ve tried the following versions of the framework: 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 and I have combined them with the matching XNA Game studio versions and I’ve tried some non-matching combinations, but all threw the same exception. And yes, it concerns the XNA Redistributable for the end user’s machine.

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