MSBuild build fails while VS succeeds

Asked Nov 12 '18 at 20:40

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I'm trying to build a .NET 4.7 project from MSBuild. It is building fine from VS 2017, however, MSBuild fails with the following error message:

Program.cs(25,18): error CS0012: The type 'Object' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a ref
erence to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. [C:\work\automation\Apps\First\src\First\First.csproj]
Program.cs(24,27): error CS0012: The type 'Object' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a ref
erence to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. [C:\work\automation\Apps\First\src\First\First.csproj]

I'm not sure why it is requesting netstandard 2.0, this is not my project, but my guess is that some of the dependency requires netstandard. Anyway, I have added netstadard 2.0 reference through nuget (although, public key differs from the one shown in the error msg), but the problem still persists. Any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks

asked Nov 12 '18 at 20:40

Davita

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How many projects your solution has? – Enrique González Nov 12 '18 at 20:44
paste your solution and project files – Yahya Hussein Nov 12 '18 at 20:47
Solution has 2 projects. Sorry guys, I can't share the files as it doesn't belong to me :( – Davita Nov 12 '18 at 22:01
Did you start the Developer Command prompt and run msbuild, or how do you setup your environment? – stijn Nov 13 '18 at 09:32
Yes, it's a dev command prompt – Davita Nov 13 '18 at 20:55
Did you try the solutions in one of the related questions e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44652434/type-object-is-defined-in-an-assembly-that-is-not-referenced-net-standard-2-0 ? – stijn Nov 14 '18 at 08:42

MSBuild build fails while VS succeeds

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