Throwing: 'Could not load file or assembly error' when I run my application release .exe

Question

I am getting the following error written to the applications error log file when I run the .exe of the program in the release folder:

<logEntry>
  <Date>23/06/2015 20:00:50</Date>
  <Exception>
    <Source>Twitter_twitinvi</Source>
    <Message>Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.</Message>
    <Stack>   at Twitter_twitinvi.Program.RunTwitterApplication()
at Twitter_twitinvi.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\Users\nikhil\Desktop\MediaLabs\Backup\BackupTwitter\Program.cs:line 64</Stack>
  </Exception>
</logEntry>

I have tried reinstalling Newtonsoft to make sure there is no conflict with versioning. The application runs fine through VS2012

My intention is to restart the application when I catch an exception, here is my code:

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            RunTwitterApplication();
        }

        catch (Exception e)
        {
            LogWriter.LogWriter.WriteLog(e);
            Process.Start(@"C:\Users\nikhil\Desktop\MediaLabs\Backup\Twitter_twitinvi\Twitter_twitinvi\obj\Release\Twitter_twitinvi.exe");

        }
    }

    private static void RunTwitterApplication()

Will this work? Once the .exe file starts running without the above mentioned error ofcourse

Thank you

Answer 1

This looks like you're not copying a resource properly.

Go into Visual Studio's Solution Explorer window, open the "References" tab for your project, then make sure the "Copy Local" property for the Newtonsoft.Json reference is set to "True".