Visual Basic - MSBuild Not Running

Question

I am trying to build a program for x64, but I keep getting the following error messages:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2554,5): error MSB4216: Could not run the "GenerateResource" task because MSBuild could not create or connect to a task host with runtime "CLR4" and architecture "x64". Please ensure that (1) the requested runtime and/or architecture are available on the machine, and (2) that the required executable "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" exists and can be run.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2575,7): error MSB4028: The "GenerateResource" task's outputs could not be retrieved from the "FilesWritten" parameter. Object does not match target type.

MSBuild.exe exists and can be run, so I don't know why I am getting these errors.

I am using Visual Basic in Visual Studio Professional 2013 (Update 4). I am not using any DLLs, all I am creating is a standalone .exe file.

I've tried searching, both here and on Google, but cannot find anything helpful. Then again, I have a tendency to overlook things, so the answer has probably been screaming in my face for the last hour. I apologise in advance if this turns out to be the case.

Any and all help is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

replace C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe

by

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe

and try.it should do some difference.this occurs because the version on msBuild.exe has changed after update4 of vs2013.check for version differences..

also i suspect you are trying to build the solution in x86 architecture.if first solution doesnt work,go to the Build tab, change the Platform target from Any CPU" to "x86" and try. hope it helps.