Running the Clean, Build and Rebuild through the Package Manager Console

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I want to run the Clean, Build and Rebuild commands through the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio but so far I haven't been able to find how. The following command gets me the first project inside the solution: ``` $project = Get-Project | select -First 1 ``` When I run the `$project | Get-Member`, I can see the members of `$project` item. ``` #Members of the $project ($project | Get-Member) # TypeName: System.__ComObject#{866311e6-c887-4143-9833-645f5b93f6f1} # #Name MemberType Definition #---- ---------- ---------- #ProjectName CodeProperty System.String ProjectName{get=GetCustomUniqueName;} #Delete Method void Delete () #Save Method void Save (string) #SaveAs Method void SaveAs (string) #Extender ParameterizedProperty IDispatch Extender (string) {get} #CodeModel Property CodeModel CodeModel () {get} #Collection Property Projects Collection () {get} #ConfigurationManager Property ConfigurationManager ConfigurationManager () {get} #DTE Property DTE DTE () {get} #ExtenderCATID…

Accepted Answer

Visual Studio's object model provides a way to build the entire solution or a single project via the SolutionBuild object.

Building the solution is straightforward from the NuGet Package Manager Console.

```
$dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.Clean($true)
$dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.Build($true)
```

The $true flag indicates that the command should wait for the clean/build to finish.

Building an individual project is not as straightforward. The SolutionBuild object provides a BuildProject method which takes three parameters.

```
$project = Get-Project | select -First 1
$dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.BuildProject("Debug", $project.FullName, $true)
```

It also does not allow you to run a Clean build.

If you want to build an individual project then, as Pavel suggests, using MSBuild seems to be more straighforward.

Running the Clean, Build and Rebuild through the Package Manager Console

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