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How to run vstest.console.exe for Unit Test 64-bit platform

How to run vstest.console.exe targeting the 64-bit platform?

Unit Tests set to target platform x64 were failing to run on DevOps tools (VSTS/TeamCity/Octopus).

[error]Error: None of the provided test containers match the Platform Architecture and .Net Framework settings for the test run.

Platform: X86 .Net Framework: Framework45. Go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=330428 for more details on managing these settings.

Solution

  • Locally it is achieved by setting the tests on Visual Studio to run on x64 as default process.

    Test tab on VS > Test Settings > Default Process Architecture > x64

    When using some DevOps tool, the platform can be specified in the script which runs the vstest.console.exe

    In my case, I'm using Azure DevOps Build Definitions, so I set my VS Test task to /platform:x64 through a parameter when running vstest.console.exe.

    vstest.console.exe "C:\Project\bin\x64\Release\Project.UnitTests.dll" "C:\Project\bin\x64\Release\Project.UnitTests.dll" /platform:x64 /logger:trx

    Once it is set, all x64 targeting Unit Tests dlls will execute successfully.