“Could not load file or assembly 'System.Core, Version=2.0.5.0,…” exception when loading Portable Class Library dynamically

Question

First of all I need to emphasize that this is slightly different question than the one in this thread. Additionally, installing KB2468871 doesn\'t help.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem and ended up with the following solution: invoke the following code before dynamically loading the PCL assembly.

Assembly.Load("System, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e, Retargetable=Yes");
Assembly.Load("System.Core, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e, Retargetable=Yes");

If any other dependency is missing when you load your PCL assembly, you just need to add a line to code above. For some strange and ununderstandable reason, it works.