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Yes, that title is a mouthful. But this title is as cryptic as the error that can get generated when trying to install a NuGet package:

Install-Package : Unable to find assembly references that are compatible with the target
framework 'Silverlight,Version=v4.0,Profile=WindowsPhone71'.

At line:1 char:16
+ Install-Package <<<<  Phone.Storage
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,
      NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand

Here’s what you’ll see in Visual Studio:

This is the error I get when trying to install one of our NuGet packages on a freshly built machine. Long story short, the reason is that I don’t have the latest NuGet Package Manager.

Take a look at Extension Manager and observe the version number associated with the NuGet Package Manager:

See that the version is 1.2? We need to update it to version 1.5. Head to http://nuget.org and from there click to install NuGet. Once you’ve completed the installation you should confirm that you now have version 1.5:

So now, when you try to install a NuGet package such as Phone.Storage you won’t have any problems.

I hope this helps!