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I am trying to get MSBuild.exe without installing any Microsoft Visual Studio in Windows 10. I found it possible to get the git of MSBuild.exe from here:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild.git

But I don't know how to build the MSBuild.exe once cloned the branch. The instructions in the repository are to build it with Visual Studio 2017. But I read it is possible to get MSBuild.exe without installing any Visual Studio.

I am really new at this, so maybe similar questions have been asked about this topic but I wasn't able to find them. Any help is appreciated.

Ignacio Alorre
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Don't try to build MsBuild yourself which is only part of the tools you need.

But I read it is possible to get MSBuild.exe without installing any Visual Studio.

Yes, you should install "Microsoft Build Tools".

Use your preferred search engine to find it or look at:

How can I install the VS2017 version of msbuild on a build server without installing the IDE?

Philippe
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