Build fails in Visual Studio on Mac using Parallels

[dougwaldron]

I get an error message when trying to build a project in Visual Studio on a Mac using Parallels to run Windows 10. This happens with both versions 3.2.26 and 3.2.20. I can build the same projects on a Windows computer with no problem. Also, I am able to build on the Mac if I downgrade SlowCheetah to version 3.1.66.

The error message is:

Could not load file or assembly 'file://\\Mac\Home\Documents\Projects\MyProject\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlowCheetah.3.2.26\build\\..\tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlowCheetah.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Note the double backslash in the path at build\\..\tools which was added in commit d6c9cf706fa321be5e1751644ade49f2a64d8fce. Removing the extra backslash from Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlowCheetah.targets inside the packages folder fixes the problem.

It seems Windows (native) can ignore the double backslash, but Windows on Parallels can't? According to the MSBuild documentation, the variable $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) already includes the final backslash, so an extra backslash should not have been needed in the targets file.

[dougwaldron]

More info: Parallels maps the MacOS user folder to a network drive in Windows: \\Mac\Home\.... When I map this to a drive letter instead (using pushd \\Mac\Home) and open the project from there, it works.

So the problem appears to be with network drives, not Parallels itself, but I don't have access to a Windows native computer at the moment to test.

[Yaz-X]

looks like this project is dead and no one is replying anymore.

[dougwaldron]

Yeah, I noticed. It's a shame, but I figure putting this here may help someone who has the same problem. I've already had to refer back to it a couple times to remember how I fixed it, so it has at least helped me!

[Yaz-X]

i think i will implement my own transformation either using MSBuild tasks or just a simple post build copy/paste commands.