FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

[Workaholic01]

Hi Everyone,

I am getting this exception while instantiating MagickImage

using (MagickImage image = new MagickImage(inputMemoeryStream))
       {
           // Write the image to the output stream in AVIF format
           image.Write(outputStream, MagickFormat.Avif);

           // Optionally, write the output stream to a file
           return outputStream.ToArray();
       }
   }

Project Properties

Tech stack:

• .Net Framework 4.8
• Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU
• Magic.NET.Core

I tried adding this System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation Package but it still giving exception even if I install 4.0.0.0. Anything I am missing?

[dlemstra]

Can you create a tiny project that can be used to reproduce this issue?

[Workaholic01]

I just tried in the sample console project with same version / settings. It is working fine with that but when I am trying it in my web app it throws exception.

System.TypeInitializationException: 'The type initializer for 'NativeMagickSettings' threw an exception.'

[dlemstra]

I suspect this must be caused by something in the setup of your web project. Maybe some old binding redirects?

[Workaholic01]

Yes, that is correct. It was due to some unnecessary bindings / dependent assemblies in web.config. Removing them did the job. Works fine now. Thank you. :)

[dlemstra]

Thanks for coming back here and responding so other people can find your solution in the future.