Where is Microsoft build tools installed?
Beside this, what are Microsoft build tools?
Microsoft Build Engine, better known as MSBuild, is a free and open-source build tool set for managed code as well as native C++ code and was part of . NET Framework. Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management depends on MSBuild to perform team builds via the Team Foundation Server.
In this way, how do I install Microsoft build tools?
Install the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Go to Microsoft Build Tools 2015 download page. Click the Download button. An executable file named BuildTools_Full.exe , or similar, is saved in your Downloads folder. Double-click the file to install the Microsoft Build Tools 2015.
To install them just select the “VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset for desktop (x86,x64)” at the bottom of the “Optional” section. In your case, V142 build tools was released with VS2019. It does not appear that v142 is available for VS2017. The most recent build tools for VS2017 looks to be v141.