The target "TypeScriptClean" does not exist in the project

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2017 Professional. When I build, I am getting a lot of TypeScript-related errors even though I don't have any typescript in my solution. The main one is:

The target "TypeScriptClean" does not exist in the project.

However, there are no references to anything called "TypeScriptClean" - or typescript at all - in my solution.

I also get:

The target "CompileTypeScriptWithTSConfig" does not exist in the project.

Both these errors are occurring in the file Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets.

Anyone know what is going on here? I basically can't build anything in Visual Studio.

Answer 1

I added this to my .jsproj file and it worked. at least it gets past this issue and my project builds again. It's just an empty target, since I do not use typescript.

<Target Name="TypeScriptClean">
</Target>

I do not see where the typescript version is located for my older cordova project.

Answer 2

in visual studio 2017

changing the typescript version to Use latest available on the project properties fixed the issue