platform_browser_dynamic_1.platformBrowserDynamic is not a function

I received the following error today in a project I’m working on (the relevant part is in bold):

MainModule.bundle.js:27136 Uncaught TypeError: platform_browser_dynamic_1.platformBrowserDynamic is not a function
   at Object.__decorate (MainModule.bundle.js:27136)
   at __webpack_require__ (Polyfills.bundle.js:55)
   at webpackJsonpCallback (Polyfills.bundle.js:26)
   at MainModule.bundle.js:1

You can see my response to a similar problem at https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10732#issuecomment-417173741.

And my response here as well, for completeness:

I just had the same issue in a project I’m working on. We’re using Angular 5.0.2 and Webpack on Windows in an IIS/ASP.NET project, with our primary browser as Chrome.
My issue randomly appeared after rebooting my PC and loading up my dev environment again (no code or configuration changes).
I managed to resolve the issue after a couple of attempts at starting the project (in Visual Studio) by also browsing to the the app URL Microsoft Edge. It loaded find. I then did a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5) in Chrome and it came good too.
Note: we manually start and leave running Webpack in separate command window, but start the actual application from withing Visual Studio.
My guess is Webpack crapped out behind the scenes and needed some time and a hard refresh in the browser to get the correctly compiled code to the browser again.