If you are using VS11 you should be able to use MSBuild on the SLN files instead of devenv.exe (I haven’t noticed any non-MSBuild project types left in VS 2012, but maybe there are some).
You could probably replace those two calls with something like: call C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild ".\Services_Setup\Services_Setup.sln" /t:Clean /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x86 call C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild ".\Services_Setup\Services_Setup.sln" /t:Build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x86 "/flp:LogFile=.\Build_Setup.log" Adjust as needed -Blair From: Steven Ogilvie Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:29 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Classification: Public We use TFS as our source repository so I get the setup source first then build set DevEnv="%DevEnvDir%devenv.exe" echo DevEnv=%DevEnv% set MSBuild="msbuild.exe" echo MSBuild=%MSBuild% set TF="%DevEnvDir%TF.exe" echo TF=%TF% if $%DevEnv%$==$$ echo DevEnv not set if $%DevEnv%$==$$ pause if $%TF%$==$$ echo TF not set if $%TF%$==$$ pause if $%TF%$==$$ goto SKIPSOURCE %TF% get "$/Main/Setup" /recursive /force /noprompt if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo error Getting $/Setup :SKIPSOURCE call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" ".\Services_Setup\Services_Setup.sln" /Clean call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" ".\Services_Setup\Services_Setup.sln" /BUILD DebugX86 /OUT ".\Build_Setup.log" Steve -----Original Message----- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: January-20-14 10:53 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line dunno. I always use msbuild from the command line: “FullPathToMSBuild.exe” /nologo /t:Rebuild “FullPathToSolutionFile” DevEnv has always been a black box and has never been particularly build-box friendly. You’ll have to use DevEnv on solutions containing projects that aren’t compatible with MSBuild, but there are fewer of those project types remaining with each new release of VS. Blair From: Dave Echols Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:47 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. I have a VS 2010 solution that contains 2 Wix projects for two different installs. I can compile/build the solution from within the Visual Studio IDE without errors. When I build the solution from the command line using DevEnv.exe, I get the following error on one of the projects... MySetup.wixproj : error : Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) One or more projects in the solution were not loaded correctly. Please see the Output Window for details. I am using the following command line to build the solution... "FullPathToDevEnv.exe" /nologo /rebuild "FullPathToSolutionFile" The other project in the solution builds without errors. I have examined each project file in a text editor and they are nearly identical, except for different files and different names/Guids. Any ideas on what might be causing this error and how I can make it go away? Thanks in advance for any help. David S. 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