# Build common vswhere base arguments $vsWhereBaseArgs = @('-latest', '-requires', 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64') if ($env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget) { # Add version target if specified (e.g., '-version [18.0,19.0)' for VS2026) $vsWhereBaseArgs += $env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget.Split(' ') } $VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereBaseArgs -include packages -format xml)) $VSPackages = $VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package $LatestVCPackage = ($VSPackages | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" }) $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestVCPackage.version; $VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereBaseArgs -property 'resolvedInstallationPath') $VCToolsRoot = Join-Path $VSRoot "VC\Tools\MSVC" # We have observed a few instances where the VC tools package version actually # differs from the version on the files themselves. We might as well check # whether the version we just found _actually exists_ before we use it. # We'll use whichever highest version exists. $PackageVCToolPath = Join-Path $VCToolsRoot $LatestVCToolsVersion If ($Null -Eq (Get-Item $PackageVCToolPath -ErrorAction:Ignore)) { $VCToolsVersions = Get-ChildItem $VCToolsRoot | ForEach-Object { [Version]$_.Name } | Sort -Descending $LatestActualVCToolsVersion = $VCToolsVersions | Select -First 1 If ([Version]$LatestVCToolsVersion -Ne $LatestActualVCToolsVersion) { Write-Output "VC Tools Mismatch: Directory = $LatestActualVCToolsVersion, Package = $LatestVCToolsVersion" $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestActualVCToolsVersion.ToString(3) } } Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion" # VS2026 (MSVC 14.50+) doesn't need explicit VCToolsVersion - let MSBuild auto-select $MajorMinorVersion = [Version]::Parse($LatestVCToolsVersion) If ($MajorMinorVersion.Major -eq 14 -and $MajorMinorVersion.Minor -ge 50) { Write-Output "VS2026 detected (MSVC 14.50+). Skipping VCToolsVersion override to allow MSBuild auto-selection." } Else { Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job" Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion" }