Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

Question

I am working on ASP.NET MVC4 (Visual Studio 2012), while adding a Controller I am getting error as :

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3, Version=3.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. 
The system cannot find the file specified.
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OK   
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I am not getting what could go wrong. Not sure what details could I provide to get hold of the issue.

Answer 1

You need a dll called Microsoft.Web.Services3.dll in your output folder. That's a component which is used by a few older libraries. You should find it somewhere on your Computer or using Google.