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I am simply trying to run NANT with resgen, but I can't seem to find what I need to download to have it available in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin\resgen.exe' on my server.

Thank you.

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On the server running your NANT script, you can either install Visual Studio 2005 to get "resgen.exe" available at the location described in your question or you can install the Windows SDK.

Once installed, "resgen.exe" will be available at a location similar to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin

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  • I can locate the file there, but it closes immediately after displaying some text that I'm not able to read. Is there a way to make it run? – Sturm Sep 08 '13 at 23:17
  • Open a command prompt in the folder and run it from the command line. Even when you're not dealing with command line tools that expect arguments, this is a good way of diagnosing issues with executables that terminate immediately. – Josh Gallagher Sep 10 '13 at 13:26
  • Thank you. I don't understand why, if VS is such a great product and very well designed, we are still anchored to the past with this user unfriendly tools – Sturm Sep 10 '13 at 16:02
  • Because we are not supposed to be users. Imagine the nightmare of having to use GUI applications on an automated deploy pipeline... – Aridane Álamo Aug 29 '18 at 08:42
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With Visual Studio developer installation "resgen" can be found at

Visual Studio 2012

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\resgen.exe

Visual Studio 2017

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\resgen.exe

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To obtain all available versions and their respective paths

  • In command-line prompt>
where.exe /r \ ResGen.exe

rem :: results ::

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\ResGen.exe
  • In > Start Menu -> Run
cmd /k where.exe /r \ ResGen.exe

rem :: results ::

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\ResGen.exe
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