Could not find a suitable MSBuild instance - VS 2026 #1566
Description
Usage Information
9.0.4
Description
After uninstalling Visual Studio 2022 and installing Visual Studio 2026, NUKE can no longer locate a valid MSBuild instance. This appears to be the same underlying problem as issue #820, but triggered by the newer VS 2026 installation.
Reproduction Steps
Create a Nuke target definition using the MsBuild task.
Target CompileMsBuild => _ => _
.Executes(() =>
{
MSBuild(s => s
.SetTargetPath(Solution)
);
});run the target:
dotnet nuke CompileMsBuildExpected Behavior
I expect the resolver to find the path to MSBuild in its default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
or for the Insiders version "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Insiders\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
Actual Behavior
╬═══════════════════
║ CompileMsBuild
╬══════════
17:14:13 [ERR] Target CompileMsBuild has thrown an exception
System.ArgumentException: Could not find a suitable MSBuild instance.
at Nuke.Common.Assert.NotNull[T](T obj, String message, String argumentExpression) in /_/source/Nuke.Utilities/Assert.cs:line 73
at Nuke.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildToolPathResolver.Resolve(Nullable`1 msBuildVersion, Nullable`1 msBuildPlatform) in /_/source/Nuke.Common/Tools/MSBuild/MSBuildToolPathResolver.cs:line 21
at Nuke.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildTasks.GetToolPath(ToolOptions options) in /_/source/Nuke.Common/Tools/MSBuild/MSBuildTasks.cs:line 32
at Nuke.Common.Tooling.ToolTasks.GetToolPathInternal(ToolOptions options) in /_/source/Nuke.Tooling/ToolTasks.ToolPath.cs:line 30
at Nuke.Common.Tooling.ToolTasks.Run[T](T options) in /_/source/Nuke.Tooling/ToolTasks.Run.cs:line 24
at Nuke.Common.Tools.MSBuild.MSBuildTasks.MSBuild(Configure`1 configurator) in /_/source/Nuke.Common/Tools/MSBuild/MSBuild.Generated.cs:line 32
at XXXXX.Nuke.Build.<get_CompileMsBuild>b__16_1() in C:\test\nuke\Build.cs:line 70
at Nuke.Common.Execution.BuildExecutor.<>c.<Execute>b__4_2(Action x) in /_/source/Nuke.Build/Execution/BuildExecutor.cs:line 120
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.ForEach(Action`1 action)
at Nuke.Common.Execution.BuildExecutor.Execute(NukeBuild build, ExecutableTarget target, IReadOnlyCollection`1 previouslyExecutedTargets, Boolean failureMode) in /_/source/Nuke.Build/Execution/BuildExecutor.cs:line 120Regression?
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Known Workarounds
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