IntermediateOutputPath adding itself to csproj files

Question

_{Friday, May 25, 2018 1:10 PM}

VS2017 automatically adding <IntermediateOutputPath/> to the <PropertyGroup.  How do I keep this from happening because I'm working on a team and TFS sees this auto insert and adds the project files to my pending changes which I don't want unless o ne really changes due to new object added.

<IntermediateOutputPath>C:\Users\myName\AppData\Local\Temp\vs80AA.tmp\Debug\/IntermediateOutputPath>

How do I stop this auto insertion in VS2017?  I've seen other explanations as this is not set correctly somewhere else but where is this option in VS2017?

All replies (2)

_{Tuesday, May 29, 2018 6:23 AM}

Hi Mimosa Arts,

Thanks for posting here.

According to the fernacolo`s answer in the thread:

One of the referenced projects was defining <BaseIntermediateOutputPath> as $SolutionDir + "-" + $ProjectName. If there is <OutputPath>, then it's used. Otherwise, the output path is defined as <BaseIntermediateOutputPath> + <IntermediateOutputPath> + "bin".

So, you should check all your projects if one of project was defining <BaseIntermediateOutputPath> and the <OutputPath> is not used. 

Besides, you can create a new solution with a blank project, check if  <IntermediateOutputPath/> was added automatically, if yes, please tell us your project type and some reproduce steps.

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_{Wednesday, May 30, 2018 7:49 PM}

I can't find <BaseIntermediateOutputPath> in the solution. 

An example in mine is:

 <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\/OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>   **                                 <IntermediateOutputPath>C:\Users\hsimpson\AppData\Local\Temp\vs9C5E.tmp\Debug\/IntermediateOutputPath>**
  </PropertyGroup>