Run Visual Studio command line tools in Windows Powershell

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00:00 Run Visual Studio Command Line Tools In Windows Powershell
00:57 Accepted Answer Score 5
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The PowerShell Community Extensions has an Import-VisualStudioVars cmdlet.

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PSCX's Import-VisualStudioVars is a large script that tries to duplicate what vsvars32.bat does. The problem there is that keeping them in sync requires effort and can be a source of bugs.

I prefer to rely on vsvars32.bat to do what it does, and import the env. vars. in to PowerShell. I do that with Invoke-CmdScript.ps1.

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Another option from PowerShell gallery: posh-vs Makes Visual Studio command line tools available in PowerShell. Supports Visual Studio 2017 and 2015.