visual studio 2013 - Metadata file not found - Data.Entity.Model

Question

Anyone having similar problem, while creating webservices?

Compiling transformation: Metadata file 'D:Program FilesVS2013Common7Tools..IDEMicrosoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll' could not be found D:PROJEKTYapkiws2WSWSDataModel.tt

I tried adding data model again, restarting VS, cleaning and building solution, creating new project, deleting and adding reference, installing the newest version. I think that any solution found on internet does not work for me.

Any suggestions? I think of pasting file into this directory, but can't think what may be there.

Answer 1

Based on

C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0Common7IDEExtensionsMicrosoftEntity Framework ToolsTemplatesIncludesEF6.Utility.CS.ttinclude

, the code generator is looking for the missing DLLs in the following locations:

<#@ assembly name="%VS120COMNTOOLS%..IDEEntityFramework.dll" #>
<#@ assembly name="%VS120COMNTOOLS%..IDEMicrosoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll" #>

I discovered that the environment variable %VS120COMNTOOLS% is not compatible with the correct installation path of visual studio, so I changed it from Advanced system properties and it worked