How to fix continuous deployment error for .NET 4.5 in Team Foundation Service
If you’re configuring continuous deployment on Team Foundation Service for a .NET 4.5, you may get an error like the following in the build log:
Exception Message: The application pool that you are trying to use has the 'managedRuntimeVersion' property set to 'v4.0'. This application requires 'v4.5'. Learn more at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_APPPOOL_VERSION_MISMATCH. (type DeploymentDetailedException)
I don’t recall exactly where (may have been here), but the solution is to simply add the following property to the project file:
<IgnoreDeployManagedRuntimeVersion>True</IgnoreDeployManagedRuntimeVersion>