The tools version "12.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "2.0", "3.5", "4.0". (MSB4132) (SteamTrade)

Question

I was editing a SteamBot and i finally finished it. However when I debugged it, (Im using Xamarin), this error came up

Error MSB4132: The tools version "12.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "2.0", "3.5", "4.0". (MSB4132) (SteamTrade).

I tried changing the "12.0" in SteamTrade.csproj to those values "2.0", "3.5", "4.0" however they just bring up other errors.

http://i.imgur.com/ITszs71.png

Is there a way to fix this? Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to install the MSBuild Tools 2013. In this version (12.0), the version number matches the Visual Studio version number.

The LogStandardErrorAsError parameter is only available in version 12.0 and above.

See this article for more information.

Answer 2

Looks like you have to download and install build tools separately from Visual Studio. Version 15 supports building C# 7 projects. Download Link: https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=BuildTools&rel=15