How Do I Get The Msbuild.Exe Path

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Dear All,

I am building sample WIX Project using Visual studio.
For that, I need 'msbuild.exe' path.(Ex: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319)
How can i enumerate the 'msbuild.exe' path using C#.
Is there any API to get the latest version msbuild.exe path.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Dileep

Posted 18-Feb-15 19:33pm

sdileep1

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Feb-15 2:42am

First of all, why? How is that related to WiX?
—SA

sdileep1 19-Feb-15 3:47am

For building Wixproject using MSbuild.exe

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Solution 1

If you are creating a build tool chain then just copy the MSBUILD.EXE to a Tools folder for example and reference from that directory in your scripts.

Posted 18-Feb-15 20:05pm

Mehdi Gholam

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sdileep1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21T00:02:00

Solution 2

To get the current runtime .Net framework path use the below line:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory()

Posted 21-Jul-15 0:02am

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