msbuild.exe location on windows 8 with VS2012
Make sure that you have installed the corresponding .Net framework.You can find the build.exe by following this sample path
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.5\MSBuild.exe
The correct way to locate MSBuild is to use the registry.
Here's a powershell implementation of finding a specific version of the .exe
$regKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\${Version}"$itemProperty = Get-ItemProperty $RegKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueif ($itemProperty -ne $null -and $itemProperty.MSBuildToolsPath -ne $null){ $msBuildPath = Join-Path $itemProperty.MSBuildToolsPath -ChildPath "MsBuild.exe"}
I do not like neither of the other answers. Because in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\ or registry you cannot find new msbuild version that was installed with visual studio or separately as build tools. The best way is to use vswherefind msbuild