Ionic cordova build windows throw *MSBUILD* error

Question

When i run ionic cordova build windows it throws error like-

> cordova build windows ENV var MSBUILDDIR is set C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Enterprise Building project: C:\\Users\\shail\\Desktop\\ionic-demo\\ionic-4-windows\\platforms\\windows\\CordovaApp.Windows10.jsproj Configuration : debug Platform : anycpu Buildflags : /p:AppxBundle=Never MSBuildTools : C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\bin buildProject spawn: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\bin\\msbuild [ 'C:\\\\Users\\\\shail\\\\Desktop\\\\ionic-demo\\\\ionic-4-windows\\\\platforms\\\\windows\\\\CordovaApp.Windows10.jsproj', '/clp:NoSummary;NoItemAndPropertyList;Verbosity=minimal', '/nologo', '/p:Configuration=debug', '/p:Platform=anycpu', '/p:AppxBundle=Never'] { stdio: 'inherit' } C:\\Users\\shail\\Desktop\\ionic-demo\\ionic-4-windows\\platforms\\windows\\CordovaApp.Windows10.jsproj(61,5): error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\\Program Files(x86)\\MSBuild\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\v14.0\\Microsoft.VisualStudio..Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. No valid MSBuild was detected for the selected target: Error: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\bin\\msbuild: Command failed with exit code 1

is any one can help to resolve this problem.

ionic -v is 4.12.0 cordove -v is 9.0.0

installed platform cordova platforn list Installed platforms: android 8.0.0 windows 7.0.0

Using Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise

Answer 1

According to the error message: The path of your msbuild tool is invalid.

1.As for vs2017, the msbuild you use should be C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Enterprise\\MSBuild\\15.0\\Bin instead of C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\bin .

2.Also, v14.0 is for vs2015 while v15.0 for vs2017, please change all 'v14.0' in your setting to 'v15.0' and run it.