Could not load file or assembly Temporary ASP.NET Files

Question

I am developing a aps.net website in C# and I am using framework 4. After creating a new website project I tried to run the project. but I am getting the below error

Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\159977c5\b9e740fc\App_global.asax.yfqtni9g.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

I already went through the below links [and all speaks about access to the folder], but it didn't help me :(

Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ asp.net vs2010 ASP.NET corrupt assembly "Could not load file or assembly App_Web_*" http://web.archive.org/web/20101023213019/http://www.yetanotherdeveloper.com/post/2008/08/10/Could-not-load-file-or-assembly-App_Web.aspx

I checked and gave full access "Temporary ASP.NET Files" and to its sub folders and files for Users user-group.

Assembly Load Trace

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging. To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

Stack Trace

[FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\4ff7194b\2da62764\App_global.asax.h-eem9xt.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.]
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) +0
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) +39
System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) +132
System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity) +28
System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerResults.get_CompiledAssembly() +93
System.Web.Compilation.BuildProvider.CreateBuildResult(CompilerResults results) +60
System.Web.Compilation.BuildProvider.GetBuildResult(CompilerResults results) +16
System.Web.Compilation.ApplicationBuildProvider.GetGlobalAsaxBuildResult(Boolean isPrecompiledApp) +9118863
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileGlobalAsax() +44
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +265

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\4ff7194b\2da62764\App_global.asax.h-eem9xt.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.]
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ReportTopLevelCompilationException() +62
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +421
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallAppInitializeMethod() +31
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +691

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\4ff7194b\2da62764\App_global.asax.h-eem9xt.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +9090876
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +97
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +258

Please give me a link if this is a repeated question

Thanks in adv.

I got the Log as follows

The operation was successful.
Bind result: hr = 0x0. The operation completed successfully.

Assembly manager loaded from:  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
Running under executable  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
--- A detailed error log follows. 

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: User = John-PC\John
LOG: DisplayName = Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
 (Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///G:/WorkShop/HTML-CSS/ASP/MyFirst/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = G:\WorkShop\HTML-CSS\ASP\MyFirst\bin
LOG: Dynamic Base = C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\159977c5
LOG: Cache Base = C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myfirst\159977c5
LOG: AppName = b9e740fc
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: G:\WorkShop\HTML-CSS\ASP\MyFirst\web.config
LOG: Using host configuration file: 
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: Found assembly by looking in the GAC.
LOG: Binding succeeds. Returns assembly from C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost\v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost.dll.
LOG: Assembly is loaded in default load context.

I am not able to trace any error. Please help me....

Answer 1

I had simmilar problem after i tried to start performance tests. I removed assemblyPostProcessorType attribute in system.web > compilation element in web.config and it worked again.

 <system.web>
<compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.5.1"  
            assemblyPostProcessorType="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise.Common.AspPerformanceInstrumenter, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise.AspNetHelper, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</system.web>

Answer 2

If you use Visual Studio Performance Tools then it is possible that Visual Studio left a key in your web.config appsettings section. It causes a 32 bit library to load, which won't work if your application is loading in 64 bit mode.

Check for the following and remove it:

<add key="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise.AspNetHelper.VsInstrLocation" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\vsinstr.exe"/>