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I am trying to build an asp.net using Jenkins and Nuget tool and but I got the error" MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist"
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\nuget.exe restore MyProject.sln -msbuildpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin"
/p:Configuration=Release /p:RunOctoPack=true /p:OctoPackEnforceAddingFiles=true /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=1.0.$BUILD_NUMBER
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash>C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\nuget.exe restore MyProject.sln -msbuildpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin"
Using Msbuild from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin'.
All packages listed in packages.config are already installed.
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash>exit 0
Path To MSBuild.exe: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe
Executing the command cmd.exe /C " chcp 1252 & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" /p:Configuration=Release /p:RunOctoPack=true /p:OctoPackEnforceAddingFiles=true /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=2.0.46 MyProject.sln " && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%% from C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash
[bash] $ cmd.exe /C " chcp 1252 & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" /p:Configuration=Release /p:RunOctoPack=true /p:OctoPackEnforceAddingFiles=true /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=2.0.46 MyProject.sln " && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
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Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.0+0538acc04 for .NET Framework
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MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist.
Switch: MyProject.sln
Build step 'Build a Visual Studio project or solution using MSBuild' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE
Any help? Thank you
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You're using a relative path to the solution file (MyProject.sln) but it is being run from a command prompt which is running from%SYSTEMROOT% hence it cannot find the file. Specify the full path to the solution file or, alternatively, ensure the working directory is set to the path to the solution file before running the build command.
I've Modified the below step in Jenkins, but still get the same error
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\nuget.exe restore "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash\MyProject.sln" -msbuildpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin"
The error you originally reported wasn't on the nuget restore call but the msbuild call.
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash
[bash] $ cmd.exe /C " chcp 1252 & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" /p:Configuration=Release /p:RunOctoPack=true /p:OctoPackEnforceAddingFiles=true /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=2.0.46 **MyProject.sln** " && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
Use the full path the SLN file here.
"Use the full path the SLN file here"
Sorry but, what do you mean?
add the sln path before the msbuild command?
In your command that is calling msbuild that I posted you are using MyProject.sln. Instead use the full path to the .SLN file (e.g. "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Jenkins.jenkins\workspace\bash\MyProject.sln"
I should also point out that it appears you're cloning and building your app from %SYSTEMROOT% which is likely because you're running Jenkins as a service. I know nothing about Jenkins but I'm willing to bet that you are not specifying a path when you clone/download your source code and it is defaulting. You should absolutely not being trying to download/modify/build code from %SYSTEMROOT%. This is a protected directory structure for the OS only. Your build process should be cloning/downloading your code to a temporary location such as c:\source or c:\projects or something just like you do on your own system. This has several advantages:
C:\windows\system32\...) is taking up space over something simple like c:\projectsWhile your path is unlikely to be causing you issues right now, at some point I would start pointing figures at the locked down directory when things start to fail for no good reason.
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Hi, i configured the path in pipeline correctly but still i have this error :
*MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist. Switch: *
C:\Users\maftab\source\repos\BizTalkServerOrchestration\BizTalkServerOrchestration.sln
##[error]Process 'msbuild.exe' exited with code '1'.
Full error : below
"C:\newagent_work_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.199.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\vswhere.exe" -version [17.0,18.0) -latest -format json
"C:\newagent_work_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.199.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\vswhere.exe" -version [17.0,18.0) -products Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.BuildTools -latest -format json
"C:\newagent_work_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.199.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\vswhere.exe" -version [16.0,17.0) -latest -format json
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" "C:\Users\maftab\source\repos\BizTalkServerOrchestration\BizTalkServerOrchestration.sln" /nologo /nr:false /dl:CentralLogger,"C:\newagent_work_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.199.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll";"RootDetailId=bc9c26da-3043-4258-aa51-40deb3467929|SolutionDir=C:\Users\maftab\source\repos\BizTalkServerOrchestration|enableOrphanedProjectsLogs=true"*ForwardingLogger,"C:\newagent_work_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.199.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll" /p:VisualStudioVersion="16.0" /p:_MSDeployUserAgent="VSTS_f82be4ec-4c29-4226-9dfa-8eb0a30e25b0_build_8_0"
MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist.
Switch: C:\Users\maftab\source\repos\BizTalkServerOrchestration\BizTalkServerOrchestration.sln