Determining projects to restore... Restored C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj (in 209 ms). WinFormsApp2 -> C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\WinFormsApp2.dll Determining projects to restore... Restored C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\aot.WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.aot.csproj (in 240 ms). WinFormsApp2.aot -> C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\aot.WinFormsApp2\bin\release\net8.0-windows\win-x64\WinFormsApp2.aot.dll Optimizing assemblies for size may change the behavior of the app. Be sure to test after publishing. See: https://aka.ms/dotnet-illink Generating native code C:\Users\dvl\.nuget\packages\runtime.win-x64.microsoft.dotnet.ilcompiler\8.0.5\framework\System.Private.Xml.dll : warning IL3053: Assembly 'System.Private.Xml' produced AOT analysis warnings. [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\aot.WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.aot.csproj] [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj] Creating library bin\release\net8.0-windows\win-x64\native\WinFormsApp2.aot.lib and object bin\release\net8.0-windows\win-x64\native\WinFormsApp2.aot.exp WinFormsApp2.aot -> C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\aot.WinFormsApp2\output\ Converted: 00:00:16.4099669 ---------------------------------------------------------- Wix project file has been built: C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\My Product.wxs Compiling My Product.wxs Source base directory: C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2 Wix version: 4.0.4 wix.exe : error WIX0144: The extension 'C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\My Product.wxs' could not be loaded because of the following reason: Could not load file or assembly 'C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\My Product.wxs'. Format of the executable (.exe) or library (.dll) is invalid. [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj] C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: The command "cd .\ C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: set ide=true C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: dotnet "C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\WinFormsApp2.dll"" exited with code -1. Build FAILED. C:\Users\dvl\.nuget\packages\runtime.win-x64.microsoft.dotnet.ilcompiler\8.0.5\framework\System.Private.Xml.dll : warning IL3053: Assembly 'System.Private.Xml' produced AOT analysis warnings. [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\aot.WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.aot.csproj] [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj] wix.exe : error WIX0144: The extension 'C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\My Product.wxs' could not be loaded because of the following reason: Could not load file or assembly 'C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\My Product.wxs'. Format of the executable (.exe) or library (.dll) is invalid. [C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj] C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: The command "cd .\ C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: set ide=true C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\WinFormsApp2.csproj(22,5): error MSB3073: dotnet "C:\Temp\WinFormsApp2\bin\Release\net8.0-windows\WinFormsApp2.dll"" exited with code -1. 1 Warning(s) 2 Error(s) Time Elapsed 00:00:18.70