Entity Framework Code First Migration Error

Question

I'm new to MVC 4 and entity framework and when I run this command from the package manager console:

Enable-Migrations -ContextTypeName MyFirstMvcApp.Models.InventoryDbContext

Join-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.

I get the following error:

Join-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\GitProjects\MyFirstMvcApp\trunk\packages\EntityFramework.6.0.0-alpha2\tools\EntityFramework.psm1:363 char:27
+     $toolsPath = Join-Path <<<<  $installPath tools
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Join-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand

Join-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\GitProjects\MyFirstMvcApp\trunk\packages\EntityFramework.6.0.0-alpha2\tools\EntityFramework.psm1:392 char:73
+     $utilityAssembly = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom((Join-Path <<<<  $toolsPath EntityFramework.PowerShell.Utility.dll))
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Join-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At D:\GitProjects\MyFirstMvcApp\trunk\packages\EntityFramework.6.0.0-alpha2\tools\EntityFramework.psm1:393 char:50
+     $dispatcher = $utilityAssembly.CreateInstance <<<< (
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (CreateInstance:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Join-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\GitProjects\MyFirstMvcApp\trunk\packages\EntityFramework.6.0.0-alpha2\tools\EntityFramework.psm1:426 char:19
+         (Join-Path <<<<  $runner.ToolsPath EntityFramework.PowerShell.dll),
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Join-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand

How do I fix this? Note that I am using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with SP1 and I have installed MVC4 in this link.

Answer 1

Fixed it by uninstalling and re-installing entity framework. For the benefit of others, here are the commands...

Uninstall:

PM> Uninstall-Package EntityFramework -Force

After uninstalling, reinstall EntityFramework:

PM> Install-Package EntityFramework -Pre

There! It's fixed. Though I still don't know what caused the problem.