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Asked: 2026-05-24T13:20:23+00:00

I have an MsBuild file which shells out to TFS using tf.exe for a

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I have an MsBuild file which shells out to TFS using tf.exe for a few things. Unfortunately the tf.exe file has been installed to different locations on the developer PCs and the build server.

I could really do with a way of detecting where the tf.exe file is located within my script in the same way you can do $(MSBuildExtensionsPath32) etc. Is this possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Does the environment variable VS100COMNTOOLS point to the correct path for visual studio?
    E.g.
    VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\

    So then all you need is $(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE

    <Target Name="Build">
   <Exec Command="&quot;$(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE\tf.exe&quot;"/>
</Target>

    or however you want to tidy it up.

    The environment variable changes depending on the version of Visual Studio:

    • %VS110COMNTOOLS% – Visual Studio 2012
    • %VS120COMNTOOLS% – Visual Studio 2013
    • %VS140COMNTOOLS% – Visual Studio 2015
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