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Hi,
I have installed Microsoft C++ Build Tools 2022 to help me compile C files created by Cython. When launching it, it gives me this error:
[ERROR:team_explorer.bat] Directory not found : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer"
I have checked and this file does not exist. I have tried repairing the installation but no luck.
Is team foundation a standalone application? or an add-on that I need to install from VS Installer? Please help as I am not well-rounded with Visual Studio and just need to get my code running.
Thanks
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Hello, sorry for my delay reply!
The Team Explorer component is not included with Visual Studio Build Tools. Please try to manually install the component:
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Team%20Explorer&pgroup=
Hi @Anna Xiu-MSFT ,
Thanks for your reply. The TeamFoundation\Team Explorer folder is not present in my installed Visual Build Tools, it is entirely missing, so adding it to the path will not make any difference. The installation is not complete. I tried on two different windows machines and I had the same issue. The Team Explorer is essential for visual build tools to run, but is missing.
Why is the installation incomplete? Can you help?
Thanks,
Hi @Mel_So ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Please check if you have %VSINSTALLDIR% or %DevEnvDir% environment variable.
If you find the VSINSTALLDIR environment variable, please ensure that it is set to current VS version:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\
Or try to manually add the following path to DevEnvDir variable:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer
Sincerely,
Anna
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Hi Anna,
Thank you for the suggestion. While installing Team Explorer surely silences the warning, developers looking for a reasonably minimal install won't ever need it (that's why they use the Build Tools installer). After some research and seeing no relevant ticked on developercommunity I've filed a ticket here. Workarounds exist, but they really shouldn't be needed.
Cheers,
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HI
As Melso-8504 points out, my installation also has missing directory TeamFoundation and the Team Explorer directories .... is there a fix for this Installtion ?
thanks