New Reserved Properties
MSBuild 3.5 introduces a few new reserved properties. These are summarized in Table A-1.
Table A-1. New Reserved Properties in MSBuild 3.5
Name | Description |
|---|---|
MSBuildToolsPath | The full path to the location where the .tasks file containing the list of default tasks, and the default .targets files are found. Each toolset has a different value for this property. For MSBuild 2.0 this property is named MSBuildBinPath and is deprecated in MSBuild 3.5. |
MSBuildExtensionsPath32 | The full path to where MSBuild 32-bit extensions are located. This is typically under the Program Files folder. For 32-bit machines this value will be the same as MSBuildExtensionsPath. The motivation behind this is to avoid placing the targets files in both 64- and ... |
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