Monogame Template Wont Compile

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So I’m using Visual Studio Community 2017 and MonoGame 3.7.1

All templates load fine, and Im able to start any thats not the problem.

Im following the documentation about setting up a new project.

But I cant get the thing to run (the simple blue screen). It keeps erroring out with the following error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error The command ““C:\Program Files\MSBuild\MonoGame\v3.0\Tools\MGCB.exe” /quiet /platform:DesktopGL /@:“C:\Users\Joshua\source\repos\TestMonogame\TestMonogame\Content\Content.mgcb” /outputDir:“bin\DesktopGL\Content” /intermediateDir:“obj\DesktopGL\Content”” exited with code -1. TestMonogame`

This same error occurs for both Cross Platform and Just windows templates. Any help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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First thing that comes to mind is checking that this executable exists and that you can run it. I think it’s 64-bit only. (If you’re in a 32 bits environment that could be the problem)

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Ah-hah! It is a whole 32/64 issue. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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