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Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points
Posted by Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points

Getting error when running default gulp task:

I'm having trouble with running the default gulp task. I get the error below. I did a bit of googling but wasn't able to resolve the issue. Any help would be appreciated.

Really enjoying the course otherwise!

C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker> cmd.exe /c gulp -b "C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker" --color --gulpfile "C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker\Gulpfile.js" default [07:30:00] Using gulpfile C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker\Gulpfile.js [07:30:00] Starting 'nuget-restore'... [07:30:02] MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '15.7.179.6572' from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\bin'. All packages listed in packages.config are already installed. [07:30:02] Finished 'nuget-restore' after 2.19 s [07:30:02] Starting 'default'...

Building the solution...

C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker\IssueTracker.csproj(124,11): error MSB4226: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found. Also, tried to find "WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" in the fallback search path(s) for $(VSToolsPath) - "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0" . These search paths are defined in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe.Config". Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk in one of the search paths. C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTracker\IssueTracker.csproj(124,11): error MSB4226: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found. Also, tried to find "WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" in the fallback search path(s) for $(VSToolsPath) - "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0" . These search paths are defined in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe.Config". Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk in one of the search paths. IssueTrackerShared -> C:\dev-learn\asp-net-web-api\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\lcc-dotnet-aspnet-web-api-s2cc1\src\IssueTrackerShared\bin\Release\IssueTrackerShared.dll [07:30:08] MSBuild failed with code 1! Process terminated with code 0.