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Error MSB8020 when building projects generated with CMake

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victor.zverovich

23 Apr, 2014 11:39 PM

I get the following error when trying to build Visual Studio project files generated with CMake:


C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets(44,5): error MSB8020: The builds tools for v120 (Platform Toolset = 'v120') cannot be found. To build using the v120 build tools, either click the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then select "Update VC++ Projects...". Install v120 to build using the v120 build tools. [C:\projects\cppformat\ZERO_CHECK.vcxproj]


According to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19801072/the-builds-tools-for-v1... this might indicate a wrong version of MSBuild being used. Any ideas how to fix this?

Here's the complete log: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/vitaut/cppformat/build/1.0.1

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 24 Apr, 2014 12:10 AM

   

   Hi Victor,

   By default, it's MSBuild 4.0 x86 (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 in PATH).

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2. 2 Posted by victor.zverovic... on 24 Apr, 2014 04:07 PM

   

   Hi Feodor,

   So how can I change the version of MSBuild used?

   Thanks,
   Victor

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 24 Apr, 2014 05:11 PM

   

   If you mean MSBuild 12.0 you can change PATH variable like that:

   install:
     - SET PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\;%PATH%
   

   Let me know if it works for you.

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4. 4 Posted by victor.zverovic... on 24 Apr, 2014 08:32 PM

   

   Yes, it works. Thanks a lot!

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 24 Apr, 2014 10:08 PM

   

   Very well, thanks for the update! I'm changing default path to MSBuild on build worker image.

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6. 6 Posted by sudha on 08 Sep, 2015 06:14 AM

   

   I got the same error but can i know where does path exist

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7. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:59 AM.