title: Visual Studio 2017: The SDK resolver type "DotNetMSBuildSdkResolver" failed to load
body: <p>I've just upgraded Visual Studio Community 2017 to the latest version (15.9.2).
  I tried creating a new ASP.NET Core Web Application project. Although the project files got created ok, the project won't load into the Visual Studio Solution Explorer - when I try to load the project, VS shows the following message:</p>
  
  <p>The SDK resolver type "DotNetMSBuildSdkResolver" failed to load. The type initializer for 'Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver.VSSettings' threw an exception.</p>
  
  <p>I have .NET Core SDK 2.1.500 installed.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas why this is happening? Unfortunately this is preventing me from working with this project.</p>
  
  <p>(By the way - creating a ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework) (i.e. NOT core) works fine.</p>