Where is MSBuild.exe installed in Windows when installed using BuildTools_Full.exe?

Question

I\'m trying to set up a build server for .NET, but can\'t figure out where MSBuild.exe is installed.

I\'m trying to install MSBuild using the Microsoft Build Tools 2

Answer 1

You can find the VS2019 here : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe

Answer 2

As per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/what-s-new-in-msbuild-15-0

MSBuild is now installed in a folder under each version of Visual Studio. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild. You can also use the following PowerShell module to locate MSBuild: vssetup.powershell.

MSBuild is no longer installed in the Global Assembly Cache. To reference MSBuild programmatically, use NuGet packages.

Answer 3

Open the Microsoft command line. I'm using Visual Studio 2019, so my command line is "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019".

Then run the command:

where msbuild

And the path will be echo'd.

Answer 4

MSBuild in the previous versions of .NET Framework was installed with it but, they decided to install it with Visual Studio or with the package BuildTools_Full.exe.

The path to MSBuild when installed with the .NET framework:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework[64 or empty][framework_version]

The path to MSBuild when installed with Visual Studio is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild[version]\Bin for x86

and

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild[version]\Bin\amd64 for x64.

The path when BuildTools_Full.exe is installed is the same as when MSBuild is installed with Visual Studio.