How to find the path to tf.exe from MsBuild
Does the environment variable VS100COMNTOOLS point to the correct path for visual studio? E.g. VS100COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
So then all you need is $(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE
<Target Name="Build">
<Exec Command=""$(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE\tf.exe""/>
</Target>
or however you want to tidy it up.
The environment variable changes depending on the version of Visual Studio:
%VS110COMNTOOLS%- Visual Studio 2012%VS120COMNTOOLS%- Visual Studio 2013%VS140COMNTOOLS%- Visual Studio 2015
Seems they changed location again in Visual Studio 2017. It was not in any of the above locations on my machine.
I found TF.exe instead at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer
(Some users may find in the Professional folder instead of Enterprise folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\tf.exe)
Apparently the environment variable is no longer set by default in VS 2017.