Error using nuget in VS2012 "missing packages"

Question

When I build my project from within VS2012 I get the following error message

This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer.  Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  

I have the nuget options set for NuGet to download missing packages.

Yet I still get the error. I have nugget 2.7 installed. With VS2012 update 3

Answer 1

Please follow below mentioned steps:

Step 1: Please enable Nuget Package Restore by right clicking on solution [as mentioned in below screenshot]

Step 2: [Follow this if the issue / error is not resolved by following step 1] Still if you face the issue, please open .csproj file in notepad and check for the package path which might look like

So your solutions directory structure will be like:

\SolutionDirectory\ 

Package Directory:

\SolutionDirectory\packages 

Project Directory:

\SolutionDirectory\ProjectName\ProjectName.csproj 

Please open this .csproj [in which you're getting error] in notepad and search for packages path and update it to its relevant path.

For e.g. my .csproj contained, if .csproj file contains ..\..\packages then update that path with ..\packages