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/ make-msbuild-shim.ps1
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A workaround for "node-gyp is unable to find msbuild if VS2019 is installed": https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1663
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| This is a workaround for "node-gyp is unable to find msbuild if VS2019 is installed" | |
| https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1663 | |
| It create a shim EXE as "MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" to target "MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" | |
| By noseratio - MIT license - use at your own risk! | |
| It requires admin mode, I use wsudo/wsudox (https://chocolatey.org/packages/wsudo) for that: | |
| wsudo powershell -f make-msbuild-shim.ps1 | |
| #> | |
| #Requires -RunAsAdministrator |