Comment 3 for bug 1222148

One more bit of info will help here: what is the target framework for
which your test assembly is built? NUnit analyzes the assembly in
order to decide how to run it when you don't specify a framework on
the command line.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Andy <email address hidden> wrote:
> The 4.0 work around is what I'm currently doing and that seems to work
> fine. The current assembly doesn't use anything really 4.5 specific so
> it will work for the short term. This does run it under 4.0.
>
> When running with no /framework switch nunit runs under 3.5.
>
> I did some reviewing of things and the original stack trace I reported
> above only occurs with nunit 2.6.1. With 2.6.2 and the /framework:4.5
> switch the assembly runs as 3.5. I was incorrect in stating that the
> error was from 2.6.2. (I've updated the ticket as well)
>
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> I'm attempting to get some unit tests run using nunit-console with the
> /framework:net-4.5 switch. The console continues to throw an
> exception. This is the output its giving:
>
> ProcessModel: Default DomainUsage: Single
> Execution Runtime: net-4.5
> Unhandled Exception:
> System.ArgumentException: The net-4.5 framework is not available
> Parameter name: framework
> at NUnit.Util.TestAgency.GetAgent(RuntimeFramework framework, Int32 waitTime, Boolean enableDebug)
> at NUnit.Util.ProcessRunner.Load(TestPackage package)
> at NUnit.ConsoleRunner.ConsoleUi.Execute(ConsoleOptions options)
> at NUnit.ConsoleRunner.Runner.Main(String[] args)
>
> The same source base is also building and running under 3.5 and 4.0
> which work as expected. I'm fairly certain that 4.5 is installed
> - correctly on the computer in question. This is using nunit 2.6.2 on
> + correctly on the computer in question. This is using nunit 2.6.1 on
> windows 7 64 bit.
>
> *****
> based on a discussion group question from 8/29/2013
>
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> /framework switch does not recognize net-4.5
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