`msbuild` command not found, but `msbuild.exe` works fine

Question

I run MSys/Bash as distributed in Git for Windows. I added the folder C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319 to my path, so I could run msbuild

Answer 1

It's a bug in MSys where the same name is shared by a folder and a file (minus the extension). In this case:

• File C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
• Folder C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild

You'll have to workaround by writing msbuild.exe

Answer 2

If msbuild.exe cannot be found, it needs to be configured.

Open a command prompt and run the file vsvars32.bat located in your Visual Studio Common7/Tools folder..

i.e C:\Program Files x86\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat

This will correctly setup all the neccessary variables for msbuild.exe to be found.