You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0
问题 The project is an ASP.NET MVC Web App targeting the .NET Framework 4.6.1. All of a sudden (some NuGet packages were upgraded) I started to get the following error during runtime: CS0012: The type 'System.Object' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. In my main view Index.cshtml , in a line where I make use of @Html.ActionLink I do have .NET Core SDK 2.0 and .NET