Run a solution from Visual Studio console without opening the IDE

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 SP1.

What I first tried was this:

1. Open the Visual Studio console tool from start menu
2. Navigate to project folder (wh

Answer 1

• Navigate to your solution folder
• Run: msbuild myproject.sln /p:Configuration=Release (or Debug)
• cd myproject (within your solution folder - it's a sub-folder)
• cd bin
• cd Release (or Debug)
• Run: myproject.exe

You can replace the three separate cd commands with a single one:

cd myproject\bin\Release

Or simply run your executable from the solution folder:

myproject\bin\Release\myproject.exe