Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Windows.Design.Host,

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I keep getting this error when I'm trying to load a CRM project in Visual Studio 2013:

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Windows.Design.Host, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

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visual-studio-2013
Are you running the project from a zip file without unzipping it? - Rahul
Check this post once devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/Q275153 - Rahul

1 Answers

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Extract the contents of CrmDeveloperToolsVS12_Installer.msi

  1. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator
  2. Navigate to: sdk\Tools\DeveloperToolkit\
  3. Run: msiexec /a CrmDeveloperToolsVS12_Installer.msi /qb TARGETDIR=<EXTRACTFOLDER>

Be sure to copy the contents of the CRM MSBUILD folder you extracted from the msi package to: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\CRM

Then you have to edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config and add the following lines:

<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.Windows.Design.Host" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="4.0.0.0-4.1.0.0" newVersion="4.2.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>

Hope this will help.