Unity 2019.3 Build & Run UWP MSBuild error

Hi
I created unity UWP IL2CPP (.net 4.x compatibility) and I'm trying to get 'Build and Run' working. Unfortunately every time I get result that build was successful but after that got error:

Exception: Failed to locate suitable MSBuild 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\16.1\Bin\MSBuild.exe'

Utility.GetMSBuildExePath (Utility+VisualStudio vs) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/Utility.cs:834)

ApplicationLauncherImpl.RunMSBuild (System.String args, Utility+VisualStudio vs) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ApplicationLauncher.cs:259)

ApplicationLauncherImpl.Build (Utility+VisualStudio vs) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ApplicationLauncher.cs:143)

I have latest Visual Studio 2019 installed along with unity dev tools. I can open generated solution and build it in VS but would prefer streamline the process.
Did anyone had similar issue?

 

Weirdly there is no msbuild/16.0. I did the system wide search for MSBuild.exe and found several different ones:
- one for each version of .net framework (in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework)
- and in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin

I've made a copy of the one from VS folder but then got different error message:

error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\16.1\Bin\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.



ld (Utility+VisualStudio vs) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ApplicationLauncher.cs:143)

ApplicationLauncher.BuildAndRunProject (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildLaunchPlayerArgs args, UnityEditor.WSABuildAndRunDeployTarget deployTarget, System.String platform, Utility+VisualStudio vs) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ApplicationLauncher.cs:66)

ApplicationLauncher.BuildAndRun (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildLaunchPlayerArgs args) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ApplicationLauncher.cs:38)

UnityEditor.UWP.BuildPostprocessor.LaunchPlayer (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildLaunchPlayerArgs args) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/ExtensionModule.cs:83)

UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Launch (UnityEditor.BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, UnityEditor.BuildTarget buildTarget, System.String path, System.String productName, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport buildReport) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:166)

UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:BuildPlayerAndRun()

I can report a bug in Unit for the first issue which was pointing to non existing MSBuild folder.

 

Hi sorry for late reply I was away for couple of weeks. I've just reported a bug: https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?1163274_cqj6ekga9d6olc0k
I have only VS2019. I will try to install tomorrow 2017 but that's not optimal solution as VS can take quite a bit disk space.

 

I"m encountaring the same bug in Unity 2018.4.1 should i file a report as well?

 

same issue here. Any update yet?!