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SOLUTION: If you are on IIS7, Right Click/ Advanced Settings on the Specific Application Pool of the website and select True on Enable 32-Bit Applications. It should work.
A System. BadImageFormatException error often occurs when a 64-bit assembly is opened by a 32-bit application. In this case, Visual Studio is a 32-bit application and the Design view is attempting to load a 64-bit assembly. Visual Studio assemblies are located in the project references tree.
“An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.” That means that the assembly, which was to be loaded, was in an unexpected format. The format, in this case, refers most likely to the 64-bit build of an application being deployed to IIS, which is being run in 32-bits.
Http 5.2. 0.0? In summary if you get the "Could not load file or assembly error", this means that either your projects or their references were built with a reference to a specific version of an assembly which is missing from your bin directory or GAC.
It seems that you are using the 64-bit version of the tool to install a 32-bit/x86 architecture application. Look for the 32-bit version of the tool here:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
and it should install your 32-bit application just fine.
Try to configure the setting of your projects, it is usually due to x86/x64 architecture problems:
Go and set your choice as shown:
I found a different solution to this issue. Apparently my IIS 7 did not have 32bit mode enabled in my Application Pool by default.
To enable 32bit mode, open IIS and select your Application Pool. Mine was named "ASP.NET v4.0".
Right click, go to "Advanced Settings" and change the section named:
"Enabled 32-bit Applications" to true.
Restart your web server and try again.
I found the fix from this blog reference: http://darrell.mozingo.net/2009/01/17/running-iis-7-in-32-bit-mode/
Additionally, you can change the settings on Visual Studio. In my case, I went to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Web Projects and checked Use the 64 bit version of IIS Express for web sites and projects - This was on VS Pro 2015. Nothing else fixed it but this.
I had the same exception installing using correct framework.
My solution was running cmd as administrator .... then it worked fine.
My cause was different I referenced a web service then I got this message.
Then I changed my target .Net Framework 4.0 to .Net Framework 2.0 and re-refer my webservice. After a few changes problem solved. There is no error worked fine.
hope this helps!
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