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Where is the log file located? I'm doing a build and I can't find where that file is. Everything online says it's $IntDir, but it looks like it's only for CPP projects, not .NET. This is Visual Studio 2017 on a regular .NET console project. I can't locate the file anywhere. If I choose to do "detailed" in the output, it's far too large. I'd like to get detailed info in the log file only.

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I know you can do things via msbuild directly, but I'm trying to figure out what Visual Studio is doing that's different from what I'm doing via MSBuild directly so I can replicate what VS is doing.

dmarlow
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Unfortunately, there is no log file for managed projects - you can save a file from the output pane.

You may also be interested in using the MSBuild Log Viewer, which has a VS plugin that lets you save binary-format MSBuild logs from Visual Studio, then open them in the viewer.

Joe Sewell
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  • That's what I figured. Thanks for confirming. Unfortunately it's not practical to do that. I'll try the log viewer. Thanks! – dmarlow Mar 07 '19 at 01:23