The “GetDeploymentPathFromVsixManifest” task failed unexpectedly

Question

After installation of visual studio 2017 getting his error for VSIX projects ... any suggestion to resolve the issue?

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Answer 1

I noticed that my build errors were related to an XML Serialization issue. That made me think it was related to some messed up XML in the manifest, so...

• The Fix Open the source.extension.vsixmanifest file with a text editor. Make sure that there are no XML Errors. Use the Schema Reference to make sure everything is where it shoudl be.

• The Issue My file had the XML element nested in the XML Element which is not legal. I moved the Element to the outside after looking at the