Could not install package 'IEDriver 2.0.0'

Question

I'm doing an UIAutomation Project in C# using Selenium. The automation is to be done in Internet Explorer. So I tried downloading IEDriver.exe from NuGet Package Manager but faced following error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error
Could not install package 'IEDriver 2.0.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author. 0

I've few confusions over this warning.

• the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework

What are those assembly references and content files which are compatible for my targer gramework version v4.6.1?

Answer 1

If you look inside the IEDriver 2.0 NuGet package it just contains a single file: IEDriverServer.exe.

You cannot install this NuGet package into a project. It does not have any lib directories so NuGet will not be able to add it to your project.