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What You Are Seeing?

Cake.Core.CakeException: MSBuild: Could not locate executable.

What is Expected?

Be able to set ToolVersion = MSBuildToolVersion.VS2019PreRelease

What version of Cake are you using?

0.34.1

Are you running on a 32 or 64 bit system?

64

What environment are you running on? Windows? Linux? Mac?

Windows

Are you running on a CI Server? If so, which one?

?

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

Output Log

An error occurred when executing task 'libs'.
Error: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> Cake.Core.CakeException: MSBuild: Could not locate executable.
   at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.RunProcess(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings)
   at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings, Action`1 postAction)
   at Cake.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildAliases.MSBuild(ICakeContext context, FilePath solution, MSBuildSettings settings)
   at Submission#0.MSBuild(FilePath solution, Action`1 configurator)
   at Submission#0.<<Initialize>>b__0_2()
   at Cake.Core.CakeTaskBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass24_0.<Does>b__0(ICakeContext x)
   at Cake.Core.CakeTask.<Execute>d__43.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.DefaultExecutionStrategy.<ExecuteAsync>d__4.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<ExecuteTaskAsync>d__31.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<RunTask>d__28.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<RunTargetAsync>d__27.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Scripting.BuildScriptHost.<RunTargetAsync>d__3.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptHost.RunTarget(String target)
   at Submission#0.<<Initialize>>d__0.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.ScriptExecutionState.<RunSubmissionsAsync>d__9`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.Script`1.<RunSubmissionsAsync>d__21.MoveNext()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Cake.Scripting.Roslyn.RoslynScriptSession.Execute(Script script)
   at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptRunner.Run(IScriptHost host, FilePath scriptPath, IDictionary`2 arguments)
   at Cake.Commands.BuildCommand.Execute(CakeOptions options)
   at Cake.CakeApplication.Run(CakeOptions options)
   at Cake.Program.Main()
---> (Inner Exception #0) Cake.Core.CakeException: MSBuild: Could not locate executable.
   at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.RunProcess(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings)
   at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool`1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings, Action`1 postAction)
   at Cake.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildAliases.MSBuild(ICakeContext context, FilePath solution, MSBuildSettings settings)
   at Submission#0.MSBuild(FilePath solution, Action`1 configurator)
   at Submission#0.<<Initialize>>b__0_2()
   at Cake.Core.CakeTaskBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass24_0.<Does>b__0(ICakeContext x)
   at Cake.Core.CakeTask.<Execute>d__43.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.DefaultExecutionStrategy.<ExecuteAsync>d__4.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<ExecuteTaskAsync>d__31.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<RunTask>d__28.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.<RunTargetAsync>d__27.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Scripting.BuildScriptHost.<RunTargetAsync>d__3.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptHost.RunTarget(String target)
   at Submission#0.<<Initialize>>d__0.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.ScriptExecutionState.<RunSubmissionsAsync>d__9`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.Script`1.<RunSubmissionsAsync>d__21.MoveNext()<---

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Current possible workaround is set settings ToolPath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Preview\\MSBuild\\Current\\Bin\\MSBuild.exe";

Code in the following method should be using Visual Studio setup APIs to find the install path rather than making an educated guess:

https://github.com/cake-build/cake/blob/a1893a2bba26f49e089d66beeb78421cedf6126d/src/Cake.Common/Tools/MSBuild/MSBuildResolver.cs#L160

I think there is a VSWhere addin already, so that should really be the official way and then fall back to the smart guess.

VSWhere support is already built into Cake https://cakebuild.net/api/Cake.Common.Tools.VSWhere/VSWhereAliases/

Was added 2017 in Cake 0.18.0. https://cakebuild.net/blog/2017/03/vswhere-and-visual-studio-2017-support