Dotnet build error MSB4062: The "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ResolveComReference"

Steps to reproduce

• create console app
• add com reference for example: FirewallAPI.dll

    <COMReference Include="NetFwTypeLib.dll">
      <Guid>58fbcf7c-e7a9-467c-80b3-fc65e8fcca08</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>tlbimp</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>false</Isolated>
    </COMReference>

• dotnet build
• dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64

Expected behavior

Console application will produce .exe file

Actual behavior

C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS>dotnet.exe publish -c Release -r win-x64 -f netcoreapp2.0
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.7.179.6572 for .NET Core
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Restoring packages for C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS\LiCS.csproj...
  Installing Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost 2.0.7.
  Installing Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver 2.0.7.
  Installing Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostPolicy 2.0.7.
  Installing Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7.
  Installing Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms 2.0.2.
  Installing runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost 2.0.7.
  Installing runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver 2.0.7.
  Installing runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostPolicy 2.0.7.
  Installing runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7.
  Generating MSBuild file C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS\obj\LiCS.csproj.nuget.g.props.
  Generating MSBuild file C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS\obj\LiCS.csproj.nuget.g.targets.
  Restore completed in 57,42 sec for C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS\LiCS.csproj.
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.301\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2725,5): error MSB4062: The "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ResolveComReference" task could not be loaded from the assembly Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core, Version=15.1.0.0
, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a.  Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Bui
ld.Framework.ITask. [C:\GIT\ImgPoolCS\LiCS.csproj]

Same error is produced by dotnet build If I run this project in Visual Studio 2017 and build a release and debug, everything is fine. No error is produced. But this unfortunately does not produce .exe file.

Environment data

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.1.301
 Commit:    59524873d6

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  6.1.7601
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win7-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.301\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.1.1
  Commit:  6985b9f684

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.105 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.301 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

[jhudsoncedaron]

So I’m going to leave this here because searching for the error yields this page.

COM References don’t work when building with the .NET Core 3.1 LTS Toolchain. Use tlbimp to make a PIA dll and link against that instead.

We’re opting to use a specific version of the .NET Core toolchain for building .NET Framework projects to keep installed updates from breaking the build tools anymore and we want to be able to build the product a decade from now.

[nicovv44]

A remark has been added (4 Jun 2020) about error MSB4803 on the documentation page of ResolveComReference task

If you try to run a project that uses the ResolveCOMReference task from the dotnet CLI commands, you may get the error:

MSB4803: The task "ResolveComReference" is not supported on the .NET Core version of MSBuild. Please use the .NET Framework version of MSBuild.

This task is not supported on the .NET Core version of MSBuild, which is what’s used when you run the dotnet build command from the command line. Try building the project by invoking MSBuild.exe from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt, since this uses the .NET Framework version of MSBuild.