C# – Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.Razor’ or one of its dependencies

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I used Umbraco 4.11.6 in my website(web application).My website is worked in localhost(tested from Visual studio 2012 and IIS(v7)) but when I run it from internet space I got an error.
The error was:

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Razor' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'System.Web.Razor' 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.Razor' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's
manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception
from HRESULT: 0x80131040)]

[FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Razor,
Version=2.0.0.0, 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.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName
fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly
locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder,
Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean
suppressSecurityChecks) +0
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName
assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly,
StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean
throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean
suppressSecurityChecks) +210
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString,
Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr
pPrivHostBinder, Boolean forIntrospection) +242
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString,
Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean
forIntrospection) +17 System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String
assemblyString) +35
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +122

[ConfigurationErrorsException: Could not load file or assembly
'System.Web.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, 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.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +12761078
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAllAssembliesFromAppDomainBinDirectory()
+503 System.Web.Configuration.AssemblyInfo.get_AssemblyInternal() +142 System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies(CompilationSection
compConfig) +334
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods(String
preStartInitListPath) +203
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ExecutePreAppStart() +152
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager
appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory
configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters,
PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +1151

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly
'System.Web.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, 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) +12881540
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context)
+159 System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest
wr, HttpContext context) +12722601

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.17929

a part of WebConfig:

<runtime>
<!-- Old asp.net ajax assembly bindings -->
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Extensions" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-1.1.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Extensions.Design" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-1.1.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages.Razor" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Razor" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>

Best Answer

Quite a few ways to fix this:

  1. Install MVC on the web server (which is not always possible).

  2. In visual studio you can set dlls to copy to local on build, see the following article (please note MVC dlls have changed names slightly but it gives you the process) http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/03/bin-deploy-aspnetmvc.aspx

  3. Copy the appropriate dlls from your GAC into the bin folder of the umbraco site. To do this open "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL" in explorer and you will find all of the dlls installed in the GAC and you can copy the appropriate versions into your project. This is similar to the above method but bypasses building the project.

In terms of files you will likely need more than just System.Web.Razor.dll however this will work for all of the missing files.

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