Unable to find player assembly

i got an error that goes like this ```
Unable to find player assembly: C:\Users\Krist\Desktop\Loovtoo Folder\Loovtoo 2.0\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\UnityEngine.TestRunner.dll
UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning (object)
Unity.Burst.Editor.BurstAotCompiler:OnPostBuildPlayerScriptDLLsImpl (UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.burst@1.6.5/Editor/BurstAotCompiler.cs:350)
Unity.Burst.Editor.BurstAotCompiler:OnPostBuildPlayerScriptDLLs (UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.burst@1.6.5/Editor/BurstAotCompiler.cs:208)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:BuildPlayerAndRun ()

how to fix this and what is the issue?

Do you need the testrunner? Remove it if you don’t.

Extra unwanted packages in new projects (collab, testing, rider and other junk):

About the fastest way I have found to make a project and avoid all this noise is to create the project, then as soon as you see the files appear, FORCE-STOP (hard-kill) Unity (with the Activity Manager or Task Manager), then go hand-edit the Packages/manifest.json file as outlined in the above post, then reopen Unity.

Sometimes the package system gets borked from all this unnecessary churn and requires the package cache to be cleared:

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