MSTest.exe gives assembly or module not found warning [duplicate]

Question

I have a Visual Studio 2012 solution with a C# project and a test project which references the output of the C# project. The test project runs fine in Visual studio.

But if I run it with MSTest.exe in the Developer command prompt:

MSTest.exe /testcontainer:mytest.dll

it fails giving lots of warnings like:

Test Run deployment issue: The assembly or module 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Extended.Query' directly or indirectly referenced by the test container '(path of mytest.dll)' was not found.

I dont think Visual Studio is copying the referenced dlls which are not part of the solution.

What is the solution to this ? how do i run my test suit with MSTest.exe

Answer 1

1. You can reference assemblies from GAC
2. You can specify what files should be deployed alongside your compiled test assembly before tests are run with DeploymentItemAttribute on test method.