dotnet · benvillalobos · Oct 29, 2020 · Oct 22, 2020 · Oct 22, 2020 · Oct 26, 2020
diff --git a/src/Tasks/GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.cs b/src/Tasks/GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.cs
@@ -246,7 +246,14 @@ private IList<String> GetPaths(string rootPath, string targetFrameworkFallbackSe
                 // 1/26/16: Note this was changed from a warning to an error (see GitHub #173).
                 if (pathsToReturn.Count == 0)
                 {
-                    Log.LogErrorWithCodeFromResources("GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.NoReferenceAssemblyDirectoryFound", frameworkmoniker.ToString());
+                    if (frameworkmoniker.Identifier == "net" && frameworkmoniker.Version >= new Version(5, 0))
+                    {
+                        Log.LogErrorWithCodeFromResources("GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.ReferenceAssemblyNotSupported", frameworkmoniker.ToString());
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Log.LogErrorWithCodeFromResources("GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.NoReferenceAssemblyDirectoryFound", frameworkmoniker.ToString());
+                    }
                 }
             }
 

diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/Strings.resx b/src/Tasks/Resources/Strings.resx
@@ -2160,7 +2160,11 @@
     <value>MSB3645: .NET Framework v3.5 Service Pack 1 was not found. In order to target "{0}", .NET Framework v3.5 Service Pack 1 or later must be installed.</value>
     <comment>{StrBegin="MSB3645: "}</comment>
   </data>
-
+  <data name="GetReferenceAssemblyPaths.ReferenceAssemblyNotSupported">
+    <value>MSB3646: The discovered assembly "{0}" is not supported with this version of Visual Studio. To resolve this, retarget your application or update Visual Studio. You can download the latest version of Visual Studio at http://aka.ms/vsdownload</value>
+    <comment>{StrBegin="MSB3646: "}</comment>
+  </data>
+
 
   <!--
         The WinMDExp task has the error buckets of MSB3762 - MSB3772

diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.cs.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.cs.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.de.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.de.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.en.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.en.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.es.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.es.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.fr.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.fr.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.it.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.it.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ja.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ja.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ko.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ko.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.pl.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.pl.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.pt-BR.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.pt-BR.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ru.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.ru.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.tr.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.tr.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.zh-Hans.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.zh-Hans.xlf
diff --git a/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.zh-Hant.xlf b/src/Tasks/Resources/xlf/Strings.zh-Hant.xlf