[Test Failure] Installing PackageReference based package made the ‘Default project’ empty

[v-longmin]

Details about Problem

NuGet Version: Dev-ragrawal-4.0rtmwithfix\4.0.1.5510
VS Version: d15rtwsvc\26228.55
OS Version: Build 17134.rs4_release.180410-1804

Detailed repro steps

1. Launch VS, create a new WPF App (.Net Framework) project.
2. Open PMC through Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console.
3. Select PackageReference format as default package management format in Package Manager Settings dialog.
4. Type “Install-Package Newtonsoft.json –Version 10.0.1” in PMC and execute it.
5. Check the Default project.

Excepted

The ‘Default project’ show the project name correctly.

Actual

The ‘Default project’ is empty after executing step3 as below screenshot.

[rohit21agrawal]

this issue was fixed in 4.1, so not applicable to this release of VS (related issue: #4315 ).

@v-longmin Just to make sure, does this behavior repro in d15rtwsvc without the VSIX installed?

[v-longmin]

@rohit21agrawal Yes,it also repro in d15rtwsvc 26228.55 without the VSIX installed.