How to run a clean build for a particular project from a solution in visual studio

Question

Suppose I need to build a whole solution (which has multiple projects) in command line, is it possible to run a clean build for a particular projects and run an incremental

Answer 1

Use msbuild and pass the Clean and Rebuild targets:

msbuild path\to\solution\yoursolution.sln /t:Clean;Rebuild

Or if you only want to rebuild a single project:

msbuild path\to\project\yourproject.csproj /t:Clean;Rebuild

msbuild is available in the Windows SDK or the Visual Studio Command prompt.