How to call MSBuild from C#

Question

Is there a better way to call MSBuild from C#/.NET than shelling out to the msbuild.exe? If yes, how?

Answer 1

If all you want is the path to the MSBuild tools folder, you can use the ToolLocationHelper class from the Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core assembly:

var toolsetVersion = ToolLocationHelper.CurrentToolsVersion;
var msbuildDir = ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToBuildTools(toolsetVersion);