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abhisinghal
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Apr 12, 2020

Pre Build Action in Windows Application Project

Hi   Trying to copy files to target folder in a pre build action with this command xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)..\common\lib\AnyCPU\*.*" "$(TargetDir)"   Getting error as follows: Severity Code Des...
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abhisinghal
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Apr 22, 2020

scoban Getting this error

 

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error PRI175: 0x8007000b - Processing Resources failed with error: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. AppSystem.Wap GENERATEPROJECTPRIFILE 1

 

Package format selected is neutral.

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scoban
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Apr 22, 2020

abhisinghal Thats not enough to go off of, do you have a sample project I can look at? Try building for x86/x64 instead?

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      scoban
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      Apr 23, 2020

      abhisinghal I was able to successfully package that app with a more recent version of Visual Studio and even tried with a slightly older version.  Try deleting your bin/obj folders (Clean the project).

       

      Did you see the error with the sample project as well?

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        abhisinghal
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        Apr 23, 2020

        scoban Yes I did see that with the sample project before uploading it here.

         

        Cleaned and built again and saw the same error again.

         

        Just to make sure, I am building for Microsoft Store with the following options:

         

         

        Here is my Visual Studio about box:

         

        Pl advise. 

         

        Thanks

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