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The "CreateAppHost" task failed unexpectedly. (Version 16.4.5)
See original GitHub issueHi,
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.4.5 Randomly getting the bellow error. I have added my root folder to the antivirus exclusion list.
Error MSB4018 The "CreateAppHost" task failed unexpectedly.
Microsoft.NET.HostModel.HResultException: 8007006E
at Microsoft.NET.HostModel.ResourceUpdater.Update()
at Microsoft.NET.HostModel.AppHost.HostWriter.<>c__DisplayClass2_0.<CreateAppHost>g__UpdateResources|1()
at Microsoft.NET.HostModel.RetryUtil.RetryOnWin32Error(Action func)
at Microsoft.NET.HostModel.AppHost.HostWriter.CreateAppHost(String appHostSourceFilePath, String appHostDestinationFilePath, String appBinaryFilePath, Boolean windowsGraphicalUserInterface, String assemblyToCopyResorcesFrom)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.CreateAppHost.ExecuteCore()
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext() EyezServices.Client C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.101\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets 393
Thanks
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