Error MSB3464: The TargetPath parameter must be

Problem

You get this error when attempting to create a Windows Installer for your application using the Generate MSI Installer option in Iron Speed Designer’s Deployment Wizard (Deploy, Deployment Wizard...) in Iron Speed Designer.

Target AspNetCompiler:

Error MSB3464: The TargetPath parameter must be specified if the target directory needs to be overwritten.

This error message appears if you do not have Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 installed on your machine and you attempt to create an MSI Installer for your application through Iron Speed Designer’s Deployment Wizard (Deploy, Deployment Wizard…).  Please note that while the deployment project can be created without installing Visual Studio .NET 2005 on your system, MSI generation requires Visual Studio .NET 2005 on your system.

Solution

Install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 on your machine or use the XCOPY Option to create the deployment project.

See Also

Part IX:  Troubleshooting Applications

Application Generation and Compilation Error Messages