“the outputpath property is not set for this project” error

Question

I have a multi project solution in Visual Studio 2008. I just added a new Configuration called Release-VersionIncrement to the solution, specifying \"use release\" configura

Answer 1

Like "Richard Dingwall" hinted, the problem is related to VS using the display version of "Any CPU" instead of the MSBuild version which actually reads "AnyCPU"

Go into Build/New Build Definition or Edit Build Definition -> Process -> Configurations to build, open the configuration selection dialog and in "Platform" instead of selecting "Any CPU", manually add "AnyCPU"

Answer 2

I had the same problem. I fixed it by clean and rebuilt the projects.

Answer 3

If you decide to set OutputPath as a param, and your path is like: bin\Release\\ then remember to add \ at the end like that: /p:OutputPath=bin\Release\\\\ it took me a while to realize it was the case

Answer 4

If anyone is getting this one in his NCrunch logs, check if the PropertyGroup defining the values 'Debug'/'Release' and 'AnyCPU'/'x86' located before the property groups using those values in their condition.

<PropertyGroup>
    <!-- this one first -->
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <XXX>...</XXX>
  </PropertyGroup>

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86'">
    <XXX>...</XXX>
</PropertyGroup>

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU'">
    <XXX>...</XXX>
</PropertyGroup>

Worked for me.

Answer 5

In my case the OutputPath was set property in the project files. But unloading, reloading and then rebuilding fixed it.

Answer 6

I had the same error, so I looked on project settings and there in "Build" section is "Build output path" option. And value was empty. So I filled in "bin\" value a error disappeared. It solved my problem.