Configure Visual Studio 2013 to allow ASPNETCOMPILER to precompile using the x64 compiler

Question

How can I use the \"Precompile during publishing\" flag on a VS2013 x64 project? No matter what I do, it fails to publish because it insists on using the x86 ASPNETCOMPILER.

Answer 1

Still an issue in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3...

Fix: Open the csproj file of the project in your favourite text editor.

Locate:

true

Add the following below it:

$(windir)\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319

Locate:

Amend the AspNetCompiler line as follows: