An exception occurred while invoking executor 'executor://nodejstestexecutor/v1'

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Question, Bug, or Feature?
Bug

Enter Task Name: VsTest (Visual Studio Test)

Environment

• Server - Azure Pipelines
• Agent - Private, OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard, agent version: 2.181.2

Issue Description

We have a .NET 6 test project with both XUnit tests and Mocha tests. The Mocha tests are set up as described in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/javascript/unit-testing-javascript-with-visual-studio?view=vs-2022&tabs=mocha.
We get the error: An exception occurred while invoking executor 'executor://nodejstestexecutor/v1': Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Build, Version=15.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified when running the Mocha tests in VsTask using the Visual Studio Test Platform Installer (Test platform version = Installed by Tools Installer).
The Mocha tests run successful when using VsTask with a specific location for vstest.console.exe, namely the executable in the VS2022-folder (...\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe).

Troubleshooting

We are enable to reproduce the issue using the VS2022 Developer command prompt.
First using vstest.console from VS2022:

Using vstest.console gotten from task Visual Studio Test Platform installer:

Task logs

Starting test execution, please wait...
A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.
An exception occurred while invoking executor 'executor://nodejstestexecutor/v1': Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Build, Version=15.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Stack trace:
at Microsoft.NodejsTools.TestAdapter.ProjectTestDiscoverer.DiscoverTestsCore(IEnumerable`1 sources, IMessageLogger logger, ITestCaseDiscoverySink discoverySink)
at Microsoft.NodejsTools.TestAdapter.ProjectTestDiscoverer.DiscoverTests(IEnumerable`1 sources, IDiscoveryContext discoveryContext, IMessageLogger logger, ITestCaseDiscoverySink discoverySink)
at Microsoft.NodejsTools.TestAdapter.TestExecutorWorker.RunTests(IEnumerable`1 sources, ITestDiscoverer discoverer)
at Microsoft.NodejsTools.TestAdapter.ProjectTestExecutor.RunTests(IEnumerable`1 sources, IRunContext runContext, IFrameworkHandle frameworkHandle)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.Execution.RunTestsWithSources.InvokeExecutor(LazyExtension`2 executor, Tuple`2 executorUriExtensionTuple, RunContext runContext, IFrameworkHandle frameworkHandle)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.Execution.BaseRunTests.<>c__DisplayClass48_0.b__0()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.PlatformAbstractions.PlatformThread.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.b__0()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.PlatformAbstractions.PlatformThread.Run(Action action, PlatformApartmentState apartmentState, Boolean waitForCompletion)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.Execution.BaseRunTests.TryToRunInSTAThread(Action action, Boolean waitForCompletion)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.Execution.BaseRunTests.RunTestInternalWithExecutors(IEnumerable`1 executorUriExtensionMap, Int64 totalTests)

Test Run Failed.

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