System.IO.FileLoadException: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040).

Hi,

This issue was faced while we were building our unit tests. We had Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes - Version=12.0.0.0 installed and reference was updated to not to use specific version. We rebuild our test suit, but failed.

We are keep getting this error and luckily we got below reference:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27741115/need-a-work-around-microsoft-qualitytools-testing-fakes

which is the exact same issue.

We followed below steps from the thread and succeeded.

1.Go to project directory and find "FakesAssemblies"
2.Delete all the contents
3.Make sure the specific version for the Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes assembly is set to 'false'
4.Rebuild the solution and run/debug test

Good Luck! thought someone will be get help.