Here’s the solution. Define this property in your project file: <PropertyGroup> <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck> </PropertyGroup> PreBuildStep will then execute every time, regardless of whether the project is or isn’t up to date. It seems that Visual Studio is bypassing normal up-to-date checks of MSBuild and using some sort of custom check that is faster, but has a … Read more
I figured it out – you simply need to add the following statement at the end: SET ERRORLEVEL = 0 or simply: EXIT 0
Try cd $(TargetDir) del *.tif As jvenema pointed out, your $(TargetDir) is expanding into a path containing spaces in the folder names which is breaking the delete command.
Unusual requirement. But it can be done. Add a new project to your solution, use the Visual C++ > General > Makefile Project template. Set its NMake > Build Command Line setting to the commands you want to execute. Use Project > Project Dependencies to make all other projects depend on it.