Questions tagged [visual-studio-2017-build-tools]

Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools refers to tools designed to help and automate the process of compiling, packaging and deploying software in the 2017 version of Microsoft's Visual Studio. Use this tag for questions related to this type of tools.

Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools refers to tools designed to help and automate the process of compiling, packaging and deploying software in the 2017 version of Microsoft's Visual Studio. Use this tag for questions related to this type of tools.

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Visual Studio 2017 the connection string could not be found in application settings

For connection database and reading data, I am using a dataset which read connection string from Web.config file. Everything working in Visual Studio 2013. But when I opened this project in Visual Studio 2017, I can't configure. It errors: Unable…
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Installing Twisted: error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required

I'm trying to install channels on a Windows 10 box. I keep getting the following error: $ pip install --user channels ... Stuff here building 'twisted.test.raiser' extension error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with…
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Hydra install on python 3.10 fails due to VS build tools

I'm trying to install Hydra 2.5 on a Windows 10 system. I have Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 installed with the desktop C++ development option. When I use pip I get the error attached below. I've tried it with both python 3.10 and 3.9. I've tried a…
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Change working directory for conan imports command when call through conan_cmake_run

I run into a situation where I need to decouple the conan installation folder from the import root folder. The main goal is to have a working Visual Studio open folder solution when at the same time I want to be able to test my binaries running…
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VS Community - Cannot run a simple console application: Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Reflection.Metadata'

I’ve installed Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.9.4 and tried to create a simple console application to print “Hello World”. If I run the app with dotnet run from the Windows Command Prompt, it will run successfully, but opening the…
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VS 2017 Mage.exe with YubiKey

I am using VS 2017 to create an MS word Add in. I am using clickonce(with a yubikey for signing) to publish the application. I need to make a change to the application manifest file generated by clickonce which would require resigning several of…
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How to enable /arch:AVX for Unreal Engine 4?

I am trying to setup AVX support for Unreal Engine 4. It is using SSE2 by default as far as I know and it's own NMake so there are no Visual Studio properties page to access and add arch to. Where am I supposed to set this up? NOTE: Trying to…
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Having problem with a cython library in python

I'm working on a python code. This code uses a library that is written in cython. when I run, I face this error: I use python3.7. I've searched a lot but I couldn't find a useful way to solve it. I think that visual cpp has not been matched with…
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Any workaround to set PATH for debugger (VS 2017, 2019, toolset v141)?

In Visual Studio 2017/2019, in a c++ project, project property pages / configuration properties / debugging / environment, we set environment to a certain value, but it is ignored (it does not work) when we use toolset v141, and it works with v142…
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Visual Studio 2017 Publishing error "Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll."

When i add this file from applications in Visual Studio It shows this error ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation. * [4/13/2019 8:39:17 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (RefDefValidation) …
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Change of behavior of tracewpp between versions 10.0.15063.0 and 10.0.17134.0 of Windows SDK

I have an application relying on user mode tracing via wpp framework. However, Microsoft introduced some changes in the couple of latest version of Windows SDK which broke the tracewpp.exe tool somehow. The actual problem I'm seeing looks as…
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Why is VS 2017 changing the ProjectConfigurationPlatforms section of my solution file?

I have a C# (.NET Framework) application that I'm trying to migrate from VS2015 to VS2017, and changing the project file xml to the SDK format in preparation for a migration to .NET Core. I have 5 of the 12-ish projects in the solution migrated to…
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How to get Platform Toolset 'v90' for Visual Studio 2017?

I tried every workaround I could find. None of it worked. Is it even possible to get Visual Studio 2008 build tools and v90 in particular for Visual Studio 2017? What are alternatives? I need this toolset to work on some old code.
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how to use build.binariesdirectory variable

I defined a post-build event for some of the projects in my solution, as follows: copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(build.binariesdirectory)Obfuscated" Which results in an error: error MSB4184: The expression """.binariesdirectory" cannot be evaluated.…
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Global TypeScript installation without admin rights?

I have Visual Studio 2017 projects that use TypeScript. The installed TypeScript versions are 2.3 and 2.5. On the windows machine, I have no admin rights. The problem now is version 2.5 causes conflicts (due to TS bugs) with a newer version of…
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