dotnet build fails when WindowsAppSDK is referenced in console application. #3548
Description
Describe the bug
Building a blank console application with .NET 6 through dotnet cli dotnet build fails with the following error.
MSBuild version 17.5.0+6f08c67f3 for .NET
Determining projects to restore...
Restored D:\Repos\WindowsAppSDKDotnet\WindowsAppSDKDotnetConsole\WindowsAppSDKDotnetConsole.csproj (in 216 m
s).
C:\Users\user\.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsappsdk\1.2.230313.1\buildTransitive\MrtCore.PriGen.targets(911,5): e
rror MSB4062: The "Microsoft.Build.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.ExpandPriContent" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\
Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.202\\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\AppxPackage\\Microsoft.Build.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.dll. Co
uld not load file or assembly 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.202\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.B
uild.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.dll'. The system cannot find the path specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is c
orrect, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implem
ents Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask. [D:\Repos\WindowsAppSDKDotnet\WindowsAppSDKDotnetConsole\WindowsAppSDKDo
tnetConsole.csproj]
Build FAILED.
C:\Users\user\.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsappsdk\1.2.230313.1\buildTransitive\MrtCore.PriGen.targets(911,5): e
rror MSB4062: The "Microsoft.Build.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.ExpandPriContent" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\
Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.202\\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\AppxPackage\\Microsoft.Build.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.dll. Co
uld not load file or assembly 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.202\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.B
uild.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.dll'. The system cannot find the path specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is c
orrect, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implem
ents Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask. [D:\Repos\WindowsAppSDKDotnet\WindowsAppSDKDotnetConsole\WindowsAppSDKDo
tnetConsole.csproj]
0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:01.38
Note: I tried with both latest and the preview version.
1.2.230313.1
1.3.230228005-preview1
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Create new console application project through visual studio.
- Add WindowsAppSDK nuget package as a dependency.
- Open the location for the project through powershell.
- Build the project through 'dotnet build'.
- The build fails.
Expected behavior
The build succeeds.
Screenshots
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NuGet package version
Windows App SDK 1.2.5: 1.2.230313.1
Packaging type
Unpackaged
Windows version
Windows 11 version 22H2 (22621, 2022 Update)
IDE
Visual Studio 2022
Additional context
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