Visual Studio Transitive References

• Open Solution{A,B,C,D} in VS
• Start (Ctrl-F5)

SolutionA

MyNETFrameworkApp -> MyNETFrameworkLib -> MyNETFrameworkLib2 -> Newtonsoft.Json

(works!)

SolutionB

MyNETCoreApp -> MyNETCoreLib -> MyNETCoreLib2 -> Newtonsoft.Json

(works!)

SolutionC

MyNETCoreApp -> MyNETStandardLib -> MyNETStandardLib2 -> Newtonsoft.Json

(works!)

SolutionD

MyNETFrameworkApp -> MyNETStandardLib -> Newtonsoft.Json

(doesn't work! System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json...')

Tested with

VS2017 15.6.0, 15.6.1