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MsBuild Path for BuildTools is not recognized correctly
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Cake runner
Cake .NET Tool
Cake version
3.1
Operating system
Windows
Operating system architecture
X64
CI Server
TeamCity / Azure DevOps Server (On Prem)
What are you seeing?
Running the Cake Alias "MsBuild" on a machine where only BuildTools are installed can fail
`MSBuild: Could not locate executable.
at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.RunProcess(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings) in C:\projects\cake\src\Cake.Core\Tooling\Tool.cs:line 164
at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings, Action`1 postAction) in C:\projects\cake\src\Cake.Core\Tooling\Tool.cs:line 81
at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments) in C:\projects\cake\src\Cake.Core\Tooling\Tool.cs:line 60
at Cake.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildRunner.Run(FilePath solution, MSBuildSettings settings) in C:\projects\cake\src\Cake.Common\Tools\MSBuild\MSBuildRunner.cs:line 48
at Cake.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildAliases.MSBuild(ICakeContext context, FilePath solution, MSBuildSettings settings) in C:\projects\cake\src\Cake.Common\Tools\MSBuild\MSBuildAliases.cs:line 102
at Submission#0.MSBuild(FilePath solution, MSBuildSettings settings)
In this PR https://github.com/cake-build/cake/pull/3795/files this was changed to "Program Files (x86)"
But it is also possible that the BuildTools are installed on "Program Files" Directory (image)
This is now the new behavior https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/whats-new-msbuild-17-0?view=vs-2022
What is expected?
Detection of the correct directory
Steps to Reproduce
Windows Server 2022
Output log
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