Fixes assembly load failures when different versions of Newtonsoft.Json are installed by extensions in Visual Studio
Visual Studio ships with its own version of Newtonsoft.Json for some
of its built-in extension. Third party extensions (such as Resharper)
also use Newtonsoft.Json for their own purposes.
If you see package load failures from assembly mismatch exceptions, this extension should fix them, by providing a runtime binding redirect to Visual Studio unifying all versions on the most commonly used one, specified in this extension's packages.config file.
The specific scenario this extension solves is be easy to detect:
- Attach from a second Visual Studio instance to the running Visual Studio that is failing to work properly
- Open the Debug > Modules window and search for Newtonsoft.Json.
- If the same assembly appears multiple times and with different versions then this extension will fix the issue.
