Error when "precompiling" ASP.NET WebApi in Visual Studio

Question

User-1695411901 posted

When precompiling in Visual Studio 2017 I get this error: "Could not load file or assembly '<This project assembly>, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An API call exited abnormally. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800300FA (STG_E_ABNORMALAPIEXIT))". What is unusual is that it references this project's assembly that is created during this build. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

User1724605321 posted

Hi inguam,

Does Impersonate on the web.config was enabled for a user with no privileges on the debug machine ? If yes , try make it false and check whether it helps:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7572365/could-not-load-file-or-assembly-or-one-of-its-dependencies-an-api-call-exite

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6263514/visual-studio-2010-build-error-exception-from-hresult-0x800300fa-stg-e-abnor 

Best Regards,

Nan Yu

Answer 2

User-1695411901 posted

This really helped to get past the precompile error (thank you!)