Visual C Build Issues

If you experience any problems running Visual C++ build on a build agent, you can try to workaround these issues with the following steps, sequentially:

• Make sure you do not use mapped network drives.

• Make sure build user have enough right to access necessary network paths

• Log on to the build agent machine under the same user as for build and try running the following command:

  msbuild.exe <path to solution.sln> /p:Configuration:Release /t:Rebuild

• Build Agent service runs under the user with local administrative privileges

• Make sure Microsoft Visual Studio is installed on the build agent

• You have to start Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 under build user once

• If Error spawning cmd.exe appears, you should put the following lines exactly into the list in Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories:

  --$(SystemRoot)\System32 --$(SystemRoot) --$(SystemRoot)\System32\wbem

• You need to add all environment variables from ...\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat to environment or to Build Agent Configuration

• Try using devenv.exe with Command Line instead of Visual Studio (sln) build runner

• Ensure all paths to sources do not contain spaces

• Set VCBuildUserEnvironment=true in the runner properties

• Specify the VCBuildAdditionalOptions property with value /useenv in the build configuration settings to instruct msbuild to add the /useenv commandline argument for spawned vcbuild processes.

See also:

Administrator's Guide: .NET Testing Frameworks Support | NUnit support