找不到导入的项目C：\\…\\ v4.5 \\ Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WPF.targets”

Question

I was developing my WPF projects using Visual Studio 2013 in my old window 7. But when I installed new Windows 10 and also Visual Studio 2017 and tried to open my project; my project fail to load and got this error message:

the imported project "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Enterprise\\MSBuild\\Microsoft\\Expression\\Blend.NETFramework\\v4.5\\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WPF.targets" was not found. Also, tried to fiend "Microsoft\\Expression\\Blend.NetFramework\\v.4.5\\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WPF.targets in the fallback searchpath(s) for $(MSBuildExtensionsPath) - "C:\\Progam Files (x86)\\MSBuild" . These search paths are defined in "C:\\Users\\AdminPC\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\15.0_51bebed7\\devenv.exe.config" . Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct , and that the file exists on the disk in one of the search paths. C:\\Users\\AdminPC\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2013\\Projects\\MyCustomMessages\\MyCustomMessages.csproj

I Searched for some solutions I found I have to install BlendWPFSDKv4_en.msi Version 4, but still doesn't help also there is no BlendWPFSDKv4_en.msi version 4.5. What Should I do, Shall I install VS 2013 in order to fix this issue?

Answer 1

The imported project C:\\…\\v4.5\\Microsoft.Expression.Blend.WPF.targets" was not found

Found it. You should launch the Visual Studio Installer from the start menu, switch to the " Individual components " page, under the " SDKs, libraries, and frameworks " heading, find the " Blend for Visual Studio SDK for .NET " and install it:

After the installation is complete, you will find it under the path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\Expression\Blend.NETFramework\v4.5

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Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I had solved the problem by installing

Install Microsoft Expression Blend Software Development Kit (SDK) for .NET 4,

without install an older version of VS

Answer 3

我已经通过在具有VS2017的同一台计算机上安装VS2015来解决了该问题，现在该项目在VS2017中可以正常工作。