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The following FileNotFoundException was thrown by opening "STEPS" and "ASSOCIATED AUTOMATION" tabs of a "Test Case" work item type in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Test Edition:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Controls.AssociatedAutomationControl.get_TestManagementService() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Controls.AssociatedAutomationControl.get_TestCase() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Controls.AssociatedAutomationControl.RelayoutControls() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Controls.AssociatedAutomationControl.InvalidateDatasource() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.LegacyWorkItemControl.InvalidateDatasource() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.WorkItemControl.ControlFactory_ControlCreated(Object sender, ControlCreatedEventArgs e) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.WpfControlFactory.OnControlCreated(ControlCreatedEventArgs args) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.WpfControlFactory.CreateControl(String fieldName, String preferredControlType, String fallbackControlType, StringDictionary properties) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.WpfFormRenderer.CreateControl(FormElement element) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WpfControls.WpfFormRenderer.RenderCollection(Grid panel, FormElementCollection collection, Int32& currentCol)

The user has the rights the view the content on web interface. The behavior is not reproducable with other versions of Visual Studio 2017 (Premium, Enterprise etc.) I tryed to workaround the issue by copying the missing dll (Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common.dll) from a Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise installation of a diffrent machine to following folders of the Test Edition installation, but not helped:

  • Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow
  • Common7\IDE\Extensions\TestPlatform\TestHost
  • Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
  • Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0

Please let me know, how can be this issue solved.

János Zoltán Kis
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Finally I was able the workaround the issue.

Setting the registry value "EnableLog" DWORD to 1 under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion provided more details about the problem in the fusion log, in particular the path of the assembly (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\TeamExplorer\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer):

=== Pre-bind state information === LOG: DisplayName = Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/TeamExplorer/Common7/IDE/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL Calling assembly : Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Controls, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a.

In ActivityLog.xml were several download attempts logged for Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.DLL I took the first one (which was the same as in Fusion Log):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\TeamExplorer\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer

and copyed following three missing dlls there:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common.dll Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Resource.dll Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Vsip.dll

After a Visual Studio restart all content of the test case work item was loadad correctly.

János Zoltán Kis
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