Unable to find .net 4.0 dir

[mynkow]

On windows server 2012 I get this message:

Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.0'

See this reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2765375

In other words it is not possible to have 4.0 directory on WinServer2012. Any idea why this is happening?

[forki]

any ideas where this is happening?

[mynkow]

I suspect ExecProcess

[mynkow]

For now as a temporary solution I did v4.5 => copy/paste/rename => v4.0

[etishor]

I run into the same issue. You can try to install windows 7 sdk which contains the v4.0 reference assemblies, but installing win7sdk is a pain (hint: you need to uninstall any vc++ runtime first).

Running fake on a build agent with win 2012 is not very easy at the moment. Is there anything in fake that needs the v4.0 reference assemblies?

I've tried changing the supportedRuntime in fake.exe.config to v4.5, but the error remains.
Even running with a non existing build script triggers the same error:

PS> .\bin\FAKE\tools\FAKE.exe --printdetails non-existing.fsx
Build failed.
Error:
Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.0'.
-------------------
 FAKE usage
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    fake.exe [<scriptPath>] [<targetName>] [options]

[forki]

Could you please retry?

[forki]

More details in #794. Closing this one.