Build error MSB4057: The target "Restore" does not exist in the project.

[DIYsciBorg]

Using Visual Studio 2019.
build engine 14.0.25420.1
from command prompt at the CsvReader-master folder (freshly unzipped from github archive)
Typing build I get back:

Checking Paket version (downloading latest stable)...
Hash file of version 5.242.2 found in cache.
Copying version 5.242.2 from cache.
Done in 2.14 second(s).
Paket version 5.242.2
Extracted Paket.Restore.targets to: C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master.paket\Paket.Restore.targets (Can be disabled with PAKET_SKIP_RESTORE_TARGETS=true)
Starting full restore process.
Performance:

• Disk IO: 3 seconds
• Runtime: 5 seconds
  Building project with version: LocalBuild
  Shortened DependencyGraph for Target Default:
  <== Default
  <== Test
  <== Build
  <== PackageRestore
  <== SetVersion
  <== Clean

The running order is:

• Clean
• SetVersion
• PackageRestore
• Build
• Test
• Default
  Running build with 1 worker
  Starting Target: Clean
  Creating C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\build
  Finished Target: Clean
  Starting Target: SetVersion (==> Clean)
  C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe log --oneline -1
  Exception! (git log --oneline failed: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git)
  Created AssemblyInfo file "./code/SolutionInfo.cs".
  Finished Target: SetVersion
  Starting Target: PackageRestore (==> SetVersion)
  Building project: C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln
  C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe "C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln" /t:Restore /m /nodeReuse:False /p:RestorePackages="False" /p:Configuration="Release" /logger:Fake.MsBuildLogger+ErrorLogger,"C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\packages\build\FAKE\tools\FakeLib.dll"
  Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 14.0.25420.1
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Build started 3/3/2020 1:27:00 PM.
1>Project "C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln" on node 1 (Restore target(s)).
1>ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
Building solution configuration "Release|Any CPU".
1>C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln.metaproj : error MSB4057: The target "Resto
re" does not exist in the project. [C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln]
1>Done Building Project "C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln" (Restore target(s))
-- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

   "C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln" (Restore target) (1) ->
     C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln.metaproj : error MSB4057: The target "Res
   tore" does not exist in the project. [C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln]

0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.13
Running build failed.
Error:
Building C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln failed with exitcode 1.

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Build Time Report

Target Duration

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Clean 00:00:00.0044802
SetVersion 00:00:00.1475222
PackageRestore Failure
Total: 00:00:01.3314902

Status: Failure

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1. Building C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln failed with exitcode 1.
2. MSB4057: C:\Users\Emery Premeaux\Dropbox\repos\CsvReader-master\CsvReader.sln.metaproj(0,0): The target "Restore" does not exist in the project.

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[lancasteradam]

I am also encountering this build issue. @phatcher , could you offer some advice? Are there some minor changes needed? Could you also specify in the readme.md what OS and .Net versions are required to build successfully?

Thanks,
Adam

[drcolombo]

@lancasteradam , @DIYsciBorg please verify that based on my fork: https://github.com/drcolombo/CsvReader. I believe this repository is not maintained anymore and I've already updated the whole project to support FAKE 5 last year.