[BUG] Build Error on Windows 10 with Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise

Project
MSIX SDK

Describe the bug
Build fails with error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1 when building the msix-packaging project in VSCode with specific CMake settings.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Clone the master branch of the msix-packaging repository.
2. Open the cloned repository in VSCode with the following extensions installed: C/C++, C/C++ Extension Pack, C/C++ Themes, CMake, CMake Tools.
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P, enter 'Settings' to search click "CMake: Open CMake Tools Extension Settings", and add -DWIN32=on under Cmake: Configure Args
4. Modify ProjectRoot/CMakeSettings.json for x64-Debug and x64-Release to include "cmakeCommandArgs": "-DWIN32=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DMSIX_PACK=on".
5. Run the VSCode command CMake: Configure using the kit "Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 Release - amd64".
6. Open src/makemsix/main.cpp.
7. Run the command CMake: Build.

Expected behavior
The project should build successfully without any errors.

Screenshots
N/A

Platform

• Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise
• Compiler: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise
• VSCode Version: 1.87.1
• MSIX SDK Version: Latest master branch build as of 3/7/2024

Additional context
The error occurs using VSCode and not when running makewin.cmd.

The build error output is as follows:
[build] [build] "C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default target) (1) -> [build] "C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\sample\samples.vcxproj" (default target) (13) -> [build] (CustomBuild target) -> [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(209,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\sample\samples.vcxproj] [build] [build] [build] "C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default target) (1) -> [build] "C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj" (default target) (12) -> [build] (PostBuildEvent target) -> [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: The command "setlocal [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: cd C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: C: [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E copy bin/msix.dll msixtest/msix.dll [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: :cmEnd [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: endlocal & call :cmErrorLevel %errorlevel% & goto :cmDone [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: :cmErrorLevel [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: exit /b %1 [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: :cmDone [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: :VCEnd" exited with code 1. [C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\msix-packaging\build\src\test\msixtest\msixtest.vcxproj] [build] [build] 10 Warning(s) [build] 2 Error(s) [build] [build] Time Elapsed 00:01:27.87 [proc] The command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" --build c:/Users/MyUser/Documents/msix-packaging/build --config Debug --target ALL_BUILD -- /maxcpucount:6 exited with code: 1 [driver] Build completed: 00:01:28.613 [build] Build finished with exit code 1

Reproduce the Windows 10 build using CMake Tools, the Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 kit, and the settings in CMakeSettings.json. Compare the VSCode CMake: Build output with makewin.cmd, focusing on the failures in sample/samples.vcxproj and src/test/msixtest/msixtest.vcxproj. Done means the configured VSCode build completes without the reported MSB6006 or MSB3073 errors.