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    When VS 2017 RC is installed, resources.dll is generated from .resx file using mscorlib 4.0 even when project targets .NET 2.0

    windows 10.0visual studio 2017 rcfixed-in: Visual Studio 2017 RC

    avatar image Carlos Quintero reported Dec 04, 2016 at 09:42 PM

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    Solution by avatar image Carlos Quintero · Mar 14, 2017 at 02:48 PM

    The problem is solved in VS 2017 RTM selecting the ".NET Framework 3.5 development tools" in the "Individual components" tab. Selecting this component, the registry keys:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-***

    have the InstallationFolder value filled with an actual path to:

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

    instead of blank (which was what was causing to default to .NET 4.0 tools).

    It is wise to include this MSBuild error condition in the project, to fail early and with a clear explanation, rather than failing silently and defaulting to .NET 4.0 tools:

    <Error Condition="$(SDK35ToolsPath)==''" Text="SDK35ToolsPath not set. Maybe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-x86@InstallationFolder is blank." />

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    Solution by avatar image Carlos Quintero · Dec 08, 2016 at 10:17 PM

    This is a bug that MS has to fix, but meantime:

    • For early detection, add an Error task to your MSBuild in the BeforeBuild target to fail when the condition SDK35ToolsPath=='' is true
    • As a workaround, install WinSDK 7.0 if not installed (.NET 3.5 tools ceased to be installed with WinSDK 8.0) and using regedit.exe edit the (blank) InstallationFolder value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-x86 to set it to c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\bin. Something like:

    <Target Name="CheckVariables" BeforeTargets="_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform">

    <PropertyGroup>

    <WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder>$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\WinSDKNetFx35Tools@InstallationFolder)</WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder>

    <WinSDK-80A-NetFx35Tools-x86-InstallationFolder>$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-x86@InstallationFolder)</WinSDK-80A-NetFx35Tools-x86-InstallationFolder>

    </PropertyGroup>

    <Message Importance="high" Text="MSBuildToolsPath: $(MSBuildToolsPath)" />

    <Message Importance="high" Text="MSBuildToolsVersion: $(MSBuildToolsVersion)" />

    <Message Importance="high" Text="WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder: $(WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder)" />

    <Message Importance="high" Text="WinSDK-80A-NetFx35Tools-x86-InstallationFolder: $(WinSDK-80A-NetFx35Tools-x86-InstallationFolder)" />

    <Message Importance="high" Text="SDK35ToolsPath: $(SDK35ToolsPath)" />

    <Message Importance="high" Text="SDK40ToolsPath: $(SDK40ToolsPath)" />

    <Error Condition="$(WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder)==''" Text="WinSDK 7.0 (Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1) is not installed, and it is required because WinSDK 8.0 or higher doesn't provide .NET 3.5 tools." />

    <Error Condition="$(WinSDK-80A-NetFx35Tools-x86-InstallationFolder)==''" Text="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-x86@InstallationFolder is blank. Edit it to point to $(WinSDK-70-NetFx35Tools-InstallationFolder)" />

    <Error Condition="$(SDK35ToolsPath)==''" Text="SDK35ToolsPath not set. Maybe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\WinSDK-NetFx35Tools-x86@InstallationFolder is blank." />

    </Target>

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    Solution by avatar image Visual Studio Feedback System · Apr 01, 2017 at 05:51 AM

    Thank you for your feedback! We have fixed this issue. Thank you for helping us build a better Visual Studio!

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