Error Windows cannot find 'svcutil.exe'

Question

Among the many projects here in the company, there is one that when I compile gives the following error:

Windows cannot find 'svcutil.exe'

What do I do to fix that mistake?

This is the version of my Visual and Framework:

• Visual Studio Ultimate 2013

• Folders in Microsoft SDKs\Windows:

  v7.0A, v7.1A, v8.0, v8.0A, v8.1 and v8.1A

Only one project shows the error, the others run normally, the project that presents the error is using the version:

<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>

Answer 1

What was missing was to take the full path of the application, which in the case was this C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools and put in the environment variable PATH after the ;.

To change go to:

• My Computer > Advanced Settings > Environment Variables
• Look for the word PATH and two clicks with the mouse (mouse)
• Edit the variable’s value field and then press on all "Ok"
• Sometimes it is necessary to log out or restart, but it is not always necessary

Before I had created a new variable and put it there. It didn’t work. So I took the full path and put it in the variable PATH, that already exists in the windows environment. With this I managed to make it work. That is, Windows found the application.

Answer 2

Use SDK version for . net 4.0 available here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279

svcutil.exe which is in v7.1/bin has version 3.0...(not 4.0)

svcutil.exe which is in v7.1/bin/NETFX 4.0 Tools has the versa 4.0...(4.0, Voce must use this!)