Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Build.Framework, Version=15.1.0.0

Visual Studio 2018  stuck after lunching specific solution. after spending sometime on the internet,
I found the problem and the fix.

I used Community Edition for visual studio 2018.

1- Close all running instances of Visual Studio 2017
2- Launch the Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt as Admin
3- Type the following commands (replace Community with your edition, either Enterprise or Professional , or adjust the path accordingly):

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll"

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.dll"

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll"

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Conversion.Core.dll"

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll"

gacutil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll"

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