Where is Wix.targets? #26747

dlidstrom · 2021-11-25T18:41:01Z

dlidstrom
Nov 25, 2021

I had a setup where I could use Wix through msbuild, something which requires importing Wix.targets. However it has stopped working. I am using windows-2019 runner and I’m seeing this error:


D:\a\Snittlistan\Snittlistan\build.build(16,3): error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets" was not found. Confirm that the expression in the Import declaration "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets" is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

The relevant part of my msbuild script is this:

 <PropertyGroup>
    <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
…

Where has the file gone?

Answered by dlidstrom

Nov 26, 2021

This solved my issue:

  <a href="https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/4419#issuecomment-978916739" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">github.com/actions/virtual-environments</a>

Add WiX Toolset build tools to `windows-2022`

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AF250329 · 2021-11-26T06:07:21Z

AF250329
Nov 26, 2021

Oooohhh… I thought it happens only to me… yes - I can confirm wix.targets files is gone… 😦

Actual error that I get:

error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets" was not found. Confirm that the expression in the Import declaration "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets" is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

It seems that Windows runner does not install Wix Extension any more into Visual Studio 😦

Trying to test suggestion from here: WiX toolset does not install targets into Microsoft Build Tools 2017 folder · Issue #5804 · wixtoolset/issues · GitHub

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dlidstrom · 2021-11-26T14:29:17Z

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Are you able to apply the suggestion?

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dlidstrom · 2021-11-26T21:23:50Z

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This solved my issue:

  <a href="https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/4419#issuecomment-978916739" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">github.com/actions/virtual-environments</a>

Add WiX Toolset build tools to `windows-2022`

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### Tool name

WiX Toolset

Tool license

MS-RL

Add or update?

A…dd
Update

Desired version

v3.11.2.4516

Approximate size

120MB

Brief description of tool

About the WiX toolset: The WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine.

WiX is available in previous generations of VMs but was not included in windows-2022, presumably because Visual Studio 2022 isn't yet supported by the WiX Visual Studio extension. However, the WiX Visual Studio extension is only used for in-IDE development and isn't needed to build (from the command line or MSBuild).

URL for tool's homepage

https://wixtoolset.org/

Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

"%WIX%\bin\candle.exe"

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Can this tool be installed during the build?

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dlidstrom Nov 25, 2021

Add WiX Toolset build tools to `windows-2022`

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Add WiX Toolset build tools to `windows-2022`

Tool license

Add or update?

Desired version

Approximate size

Brief description of tool

URL for tool's homepage

Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

Virtual environments affected

Can this tool be installed during the build?

Tool installation time in runtime

Are you willing to submit a PR?

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Nov 25, 2021

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Nov 26, 2021

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