I'm trying to set up a build server for .NET, but can't figure out where MSBuild.exe is installed.
I'm trying to install MSBuild using the Microsoft Build Tools 2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40760
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did you try "where msbuild" at the command line? note I'm assuming - quite possibly incorrectly - that it is added to the path
- Marc Gravell
when I'm searching the C drive for MSBuild.exe, I only get paths to MSBuild.exe in C:\Windows. According to this on MSDN, MSBuild should be in Program Files: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh162058.aspx
- jonasm
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As per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/what-s-new-in-msbuild-15-0
MSBuild is now installed in a folder under each version of Visual Studio. For example,
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild. You can also use the following PowerShell module to locate MSBuild: vssetup.powershell.MSBuild is no longer installed in the Global Assembly Cache. To reference MSBuild programmatically, use NuGet packages.
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MSBuild in the previous versions of .NET Framework was installed with it but, they decided to install it with Visual Studio or with the package BuildTools_Full.exe.
The path to MSBuild when installed with the .NET framework:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework[64 or empty][framework_version]
The path to MSBuild when installed with Visual Studio is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild[version]\Bin for x86
and
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild[version]\Bin\amd64 for x64.
The path when BuildTools_Full.exe is installed is the same as when MSBuild is installed with Visual Studio.
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