Where do I get resgen.exe to use with NANT?

Question

I am simply trying to run NANT with resgen, but I can't seem to find what I need to download to have it available in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin\resgen.exe' on my server.

Thank you.

Answer 1

To obtain all available versions and their respective paths

• In command-line prompt>

where.exe /r \ ResGen.exe

rem :: results ::

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\ResGen.exe

• In > Start Menu -> Run

cmd /k where.exe /r \ ResGen.exe

rem :: results ::

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.1 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.2 Tools\ResGen.exe
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\ResGen.exe

• Get all outputs on your ClipBoard add | clip

cmd /k where.exe /r \ ResGen.exe | clip 

Answer 2

With Visual Studio developer installation "resgen" can be found at

Visual Studio 2012

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\resgen.exe

Visual Studio 2017

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools\resgen.exe