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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly '.MyProject.XmlSerializers.dll'. The system cannot find the file specified.'

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I have generated JAX-RPC SOAP web service proxy with Visual Studio 2019. When I call a service method I got following exception at runtime:

```C#
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'PathToProject\MyProject.XmlSerializers.dll'. The system cannot find the file specified.'
```

I also tried `Generate Serialization Assembly` from `Properties->Build`, when I change the value to `On` I got build error:
```
An attempt was made to load an assembly with an incorrect format: C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref\3.1.0\ref\netcoreapp3.1\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll.
MyProject PathToMyProject\MyProject \SGEN 1
```
Here is my `csproj` file:

```


Exe
netcoreapp3.1


On








```
And the output of `dotnet --info`:
```
.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
Version: 3.1.202
Commit: 6ea70c8dca

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.18363
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.202\

Host (useful for support):
Version: 3.1.4
Commit: 0c2e69caa6

.NET Core SDKs installed:
1.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.802 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.402 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.1.200 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.1.202 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
```

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