Project Fails After NUGET Packages Update

Question

Updating dependencies using NUGET creates errors in application.

Creating a new project from Visual Studio Community 2017 for C# and Web Forms with a master page. After successfully running the website inside Visual Studio, I update the project and find 24 nuget packages needs updating.

So OK, Update the packages. All 24 and restart Visual Studio as instructed.

Reload the project and run, I get a compilation error and the project fails to run or complete loading.

This compilation error is new, previously I lost my connection to twitter/bootstrap and jquery files. I fixed those by removing the references in the script and bundle manager.

Now it just kills the fresh application template. There is no programming, just the basic template fails to load. And when it did blew up most of the bootstrap and jquery routines and destroyed the navigation menu layout.

Here is the Compilation error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS > Express>C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\Documents\Visual Studio > 2017\Projects\WebSite2\WebSite2\bin\roslyn\csc.exe /t:library > /utf8output /nostdlib+ > /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Runtime\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Runtime.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader\v4.0_1.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader.dll" /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\c9841997\00b21bea_1de6d301\AspNet.ScriptManager.bootstrap.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\2c48699e\0011ed8c_808dce01\Microsoft.AspNet.FriendlyUrls.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\ca88605b\00cb5b40_b9c3d301\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.IdentityModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.IdentityModel.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Activities.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\0f5ed648\00720de7_d9cccd01\Owin.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\ed6e8f5b\008a9d1a_f395d301\AspNet.ScriptManager.jQuery.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\c5b71904\002397f9_6c18cf01\WebGrease.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\7cb43f83\00d0a76d_64aece01\Antlr3.Runtime.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.ApplicationServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\6a7a0b6e\001e1df5_ebdbd301\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Web.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml.Linq\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.Linq.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\3cbaac25\00f1ebf3_ebdbd301\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\de563d64\0097c37f_224cd301\EntityFramework.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\713924f7\00c4f480_224cd301\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\e60bcda8\00939497_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Twitter.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\4fffbea8\00dfcf92_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Google.dll" > /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Runtime.Serialization\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activities.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Core\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Core.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Services\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Services.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.DataSetExtensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Net.Http.WebRequest\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Net.Http.WebRequest.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Extensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Extensions.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.DynamicData\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.DynamicData.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activation\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\fb841881\00dfcf92_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Facebook.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\442f60b0\00583c8f_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\56334a44\0052dd57_a7e7ce01\System.Web.Providers.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\3f088bba\00393295_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.MicrosoftAccount.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment\v4.0_2.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.EnterpriseServices.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.ServiceModel.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\e1ab0c9e\00e6fa3f_7827cf01\Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization.WebForms.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\3b868cfc\00b29e91_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\e9625208\00e6fa3f_7827cf01\System.Web.Optimization.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\11064a60\00666396_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\a6149561\00fbad02_86f3d301\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\aa9c70b3\00fed98c_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\cb06e281\004a1588_11a5d301\Microsoft.Owin.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Net.Http\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Net.Http.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.WorkflowServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.WorkflowServices.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\3101006c\00d6d5b9_2dabce01\Microsoft.ScriptManager.MSAjax.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\4f6eecce\00b7cbbf_2dabce01\Microsoft.ScriptManager.WebForms.dll" > /R:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\assembly\dl3\d9915d1f\001e1df5_ebdbd301\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.dll" > /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.CSharp\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" > /out:"C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.dll" /D:DEBUG /debug+ > /optimize- /warnaserror- /w:4 /nowarn:1659;1699;1701;612;618 > /langversion:default /nowarn:1659;1699;1701 > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.0.cs" > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.1.cs" > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.2.cs" > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.3.cs" > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.4.cs" > "C:\Users\michaelw.DEESIGN\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET > Files\vs\732bd14c\5c4cc4da\App_Code.clskvtg9.5.cs"

All this from a basic template that was just "updated" in Nuget.

1) Can someone tell me what has gone wrong? And how do I fix it the right way.

1a) Can someone show me how bundles and scriptmanager is supposed to load jQuery and bootstrap?

2) Is this common for package updates to kill a project or break what was previously working?

3) Is there a way in the future for "updates" to behave correctly?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Answer 1

1) Can someone tell me what has gone wrong? And how do I fix it the right way.

You should use NuGet Package Manager UI to update those nuget packages, the Updates tab displays packages with higher versions. You could check the checkbox Select all packages, then click update button to update all packages.

In this way, NuGet will check for dependency compatibility, if there is any issue during updating, NuGet will revert the package updates. And you can check the logs in the output window to find why the update failed. Alternatively, we can also update those packages one by one, check the log for the compatibility issues.

2) Is this common for package updates to kill a project or break what was previously working?

No, but it is common for package updates to break what was previously working. That because each package has its own dependencies and other restrictions. When we update one of the package, NuGet will update its dependencies, but if other package depends on the old dependencie, then it will break what was previously working. But just as I said above, NuGet will give the warning/error info in the output window when you update the package in the Visual Studio in the most case and NuGet will revert the package updates.

3) Is there a way in the future for "updates" to behave correctly?

If above two questions resolve your question, this question does not need to be answered. If above not resolve your question, please give me some steps how did update the nuget packages, I will keep follow.

Hope this helps.