Could not load file or assembly System.EnterpriseServices

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I'm trying to read up on asp.net mvc, I have never used asp.net before but are familiar with regular c# development.

Freshly installed, fully patched Windows XP Home.
Freshly installed updated to SP1 Visual Studio 2008 Pro.

Started a new project, selected "ASP.NET MVC Web Application", target framework is 3.5

I hit F5 and I get:
"Could not load file or assembly System.EnterpriseServices"

Exact wording in swedish:

[FileNotFoundException: Det går inte att hitta filen. (Undantag från HRESULT: 0x80070002)]
[FileNotFoundException: Det går inte att läsa in filen eller sammansättningen System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a eller ett av dess beroenden. Det går inte att hitta filen.]

Adding a reference to System.EnterpriseServices in my project did not work.
A quick google suggested I copy this file Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/System.EnterpriseServices.dll into %WINDOWS%/assembly but that did not work either.

Any suggestions?

Found the answer, I added it to the GAC with gacutil.

C:\WINDOWS>"C:\Program\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\gacutil.exe" /i Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/System.EnterpriseServices.dll

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asp.net
Note that the command is run in C:\Windows (because the DLL is in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\....") and that the gacutil.exe should be the bin folder of whichever version of the Microsoft platform SDK you have installed. – Jason Harrison

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Found the answer, I added it to the GAC with gacutil.

C:\WINDOWS>"C:\Program\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\gacutil.exe" /i Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/System.EnterpriseServices.dll

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Some time the solution Nifle given is working but some time it didn't solve the issue. When you try to compile your project it give you this message without re-compiling. One of the solution is to clear the temporary asp.net files. The following are the possible path. But it depend on your project framework version. In asp.net temporary folder find folder that matches your project folder name.

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ASP.NETWebAdminFiles

OR Replace the version you are using

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<Framework Version>\ASP.NETWebAdminFiles