Error MSB3552 When Building HelloWorld

[jimholmes]

I had someone reach out to me via email with a problem they were having, and I thought I’d post something on it here in case others were having a similar issue.

PROBLEM: Running ‘dotnet build’ fails with “Error MSB3552. Resource file '**/*.resx cannot be found.”

POTENTIAL FIXES:

0. Ensure your project directory path is less than 260 characters long. Unfortunately, even though it’s 2019 Microsoft STILL has occasional problems with long file paths. This means moving to a shallower directory structure. You may be able to do this by simply dragging and dropping the project folder to a new place using Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows).
1. Ensure you’ve created your project in a separate folder, not your home directory.
2. Ensure you used “dotnet new console” to create the project. Some other project types expect you to configure other settings.
3. Delete all contents of your HelloWorld folder, including hidden files, and re-create the entire project with ‘dotnet new console’

As always, thank you for your interest in the course! I hope you’re finding it fun! (And helpful.)

Jim