MGCB can't find default importer

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Can you share the contents of your .config/dotnet-tools.json file that’s in your project folder?

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{
“version”: 1,
“isRoot”: true,
“tools”: {
“dotnet-mgcb”: {
“version”: “3.8.1.303”,
“commands”: [
“mgcb”
]
},
“dotnet-mgcb-editor”: {
“version”: “3.8.1.303”,
“commands”: [
“mgcb-editor”
]
},
“dotnet-mgcb-editor-linux”: {
“version”: “3.8.1.303”,
“commands”: [
“mgcb-editor-linux”
]
},
“dotnet-mgcb-editor-windows”: {
“version”: “3.8.1.303”,
“commands”: [
“mgcb-editor-windows”
]
},
“dotnet-mgcb-editor-mac”: {
“version”: “3.8.1.303”,
“commands”: [
“mgcb-editor-mac”
]
}
}
}

23

hmm this all looks correct.

Can you open the terminal again like I mentioned above and run this command instead

dotnet mgcb ./Content/Content.mgcb

And copy/paste the errors that it shows

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…/Content/2d/obj/.mgstats: error: Couldn’t find a default importer for ‘…/Content/2d/obj/.mgstats’

The ellipse is just a replacement for the full directory starting at C:/Users/…

And if it’s a possibility, the directory is in the right spot for the project it’s trying to operate on.

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So this is trying to process the .mgstats file, which it shouldn’t be doing.
This is a file that get’s output when content is built that provides stats on how long the content took to import/process/build etc.

Open you Content.mgcb file and remove the block where it references the .mgstats file

Also at the top of the Content.mgcb file in a text editor, unless you needed to change it for some project specific reason, make sure the following defaults are configured for output and intermediate directory

/outputDir:bin/$(Platform)
/intermediateDir:obj/$(Platform)

Edit: Added the “in a text editor” info

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looks like that fixed it. Thank you for your time!

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