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Visual Studio 2019 – error MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio 2013 cannot be found

Open the keycastow.vcxproj with notepad, change here the <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset> to <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset> to use the VC++ 2019 platform or change the version via UI In Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, open the shortcut menu for your project (not for your solution) and then choose Properties to open your project Property Pages dialog box. In the Property Pages dialog box, open the Configuration drop-down … Read more

Is it possible to install a C# compiler without Visual Studio?

Sure, the framework includes a compiler, csc.exe. Look at this article for a quick how-to. The important parts: You can get the command-line compiler (csc.exe) from Microsoft site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa731542.aspx. Download the redistributable package of the .NET Framework, which includes the compiler and the .NET Framework with C# 2005 syntax support. The compiler is located in the following directory: … Read more

This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer

In my case, I had to remove the following from the .csproj file: In fact, in this snippet you can see where the error message is coming from. I was converting from MSBuild-Integrated Package Restore to Automatic Package Restore (http://docs.nuget.org/docs/workflows/migrating-to-automatic-package-restore)