[wix-users] please install v141_xp build tools

[Sean Hall]

Questions about building the toolset itself belong on the wix-devs mailing
list, so please move this conversation there. The short answer is that v3
has a very complicated build system that tries to build with the correct
version of Visual Studio based on what's installed on your machine, and
VS2019 came out after we stopped updating the build system so you'll need
to use an older version of VS.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:35 AM Roberto via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> I have installed the v141_xp build tools, but I nevertheless get the error
> below:
>
> "D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\wix.proj" (default target) (1) ->
> "D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\src\tools\tools.proj" (default target)
> (39)
> ->
> "D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\src\libs\libs.proj" (default target) (40)
> ->
> "D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\src\libs\libs_multitarget.proj" (default
> target) (41:2) ->
> "D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\src\libs\wcautil\wcautil.vcxproj" (default
> target) (43:4) ->
>   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>
> Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(
> 390,5): error MSB8020: The build tools fo
> r v141_xp (Platform Toolset = 'v141_xp') cannot be found. To build using
> the
> v141_xp build tools, please install v141_xp build tools.  Alternatively,
> you
> may upgrade to the current Visual Studio tools by selecting the Project
> menu
> or right-click the solution, and then selecting "Retarget solution".
> [D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3\src\libs\wcautil\wcautil.vcxproj]
>
> I also tried: D:\SystemFolders\Downloads\wix3 > msbuild
> /p:PlatformToolset=v142
> Same result.
>
> The error is raised for the following projects:
>
> dutil.vcxproj
> wcautil.vcxproj
> deputil.vcxproj
>
>
>
> Any hints regarding this issue?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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