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Fixing "sgen.exe" filename or extension is too long

Tue Feb 25 2020 • ☕️ 1 min read • you like my writing? Buy me a coffee

When you build a C# project in Visual Studio and get the error Error MSB6003 The specified task executable "sgen.exe" could not be run. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The filename or extension is too long you can fix it by going to the properties of the C# project, and on the Build tab set the Generate serialization assembly to off.

Apply this setting to both the Debug and Release configuration, otherwise it works locally (Debug), but fails on your build server (Release).

See XML Serializer Generator Tool (Sgen.exe) for more information on the tooling.

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