`msbuild` command not found, but `msbuild.exe` works fine

Question

I run MSys/Bash as distributed in Git for Windows. I added the folder C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319 to my path, so I could run msbuild

Answer 1

It's a bug in MSys where the same name is shared by a folder and a file (minus the extension). In this case:

• File C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
• Folder C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild

You'll have to workaround by writing msbuild.exe