(Solved) msbuild is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file while working with PCF

When you run command msbuild you may face below error.

‘msbuild’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Soution

To solve this follow below steps.

Step 1 – Go to properties of current machine This PC.

Step 2 – click on Advanced system settings

Step 3 – Click Environment Variable

Step 4 – Edit Path Value

Step 5 – Set the path

For Visual Studio 2019 use below value.

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin

For Visual Studio 2017 use below value.

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin

Click in OK in all Widows and Done.

Step 6 – Reopen Command Prompt or Visual Studio code and open terminal

Reopen your command prompt or visual studio code terminal. Now if you run msbuild command, it will work fine. If you are working with Developer command prompt for Visual studio, you do not need to perform these step.

Hope this helps.

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