The target "CreateManifestResourceNames" does not exist in the project.

I get this error when I try to build this project:

The target “CreateManifestResourceNames” does not exist in the project.


<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.Traversal/2.0.12"  ToolsVersion="15.0">
  <ItemGroup>
    <!-- Build all projects recursively under the "src" folder -->
    <ProjectReference Include="src\**\*.*proj" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

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Created 4 years ago
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tclancycommented, May 13, 2021

If it helps anyone else (as perverse as I am), I run into this off and on when building Power Apps Components. Sometimes msbuild /t:build works but sometimes it fails with this message. I just had it happen again immediately after a successful build. All I had changed in the interim was some documentation. However, running msbuild /t:build /restore fixed it.

It should be said this almost certainly user error or being overly bold: I have customized the paths to fit what I want and I am running this 95% on a Mac with only the server and the build step (and, for added fun, installing npm packages) running in a Windows VM.

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Kierantiescommented, Apr 7, 2020

I’ve just met this issue and found it to occur when not using .csproj

Failing:

  Restore completed in 35.68 ms for ...\packages\project.proj.
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.5.0+d4cbfca49 for .NET Core
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Restore completed in 34.2 ms for ...\packages\project.proj.
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2795,7): error MSB4057: The target "CreateManifestResourceNames" does not exist in the project. [...\packages\project.proj]

Success:

  Restore completed in 2.71 sec for ...\packages\project.csproj.
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.5.0+d4cbfca49 for .NET Core
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Restore completed in 41.49 ms for ...\packages\project.csproj.
  project -> ...\packages\bin\Debug\net452\project.dll
  project -> ...\packages\results\