Unable to locate NuGet.exe error | How to Fix This Error

Error: Unable to locate '<path>\.nuget\NuGet.exe'

Here is how you can fix this:

1. Find the .nuget folder in your solution. 

2. Find file nuget.Targets and open the file.

For anyone who can't find it, the nuget.targets file is in the .nuget/ (usually hidden) subfolder of the project folder.

3. Locate a portion of the file that looks like this and set it to true::

<!-- Download NuGet.exe if it does not already exist -->
<DownloadNuGetExe Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == '' ">false(etc.)

… and change it to this:

<!-- Download NuGet.exe if it does not already exist -->
<DownloadNuGetExe Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == '' ">true(etc.)




4. Also you can ignore Executables (while deploying) in your .gitignore via

*.exe 

Add this line to .gitignore:

!.nuget/NuGet.exe