Cake Tasks in a Solution Folder aren't listed in the Task Runner Explorer

[ravindUwU]

I've got a .NET Standard class library project with the following structure,

src/
│
├───Cake/
│   ├───tools/
│   ├───build.cake
│   ├───build.ps1
│   └───cake.config
│
├───Project/
│   └───Project.csproj
│
├───Project.Tests/
│   └───Project.Tests.csproj
│
└───Project.sln

The Cake build scripts located within the src/Cake/ folder are added to the Project.sln solution within a Solution Folder (right click solution -> Add -> New Solution Folder), so that the Solution Explorer shows this (I've redacted some information),

With this project layout, the Task Runner Explorer doesn't list the tasks declared in build.cake.

[gep13]

@RavinduL unfortunately, you are running into a known limitation of Visual Studio. This is detailed in this issue:

https://github.com/cake-build/cake-vs/issues/30#issuecomment-251945464

I am going to close this as it is a duplicate of the other.

[ravindUwU]

Thanks for your prompt reply @gep13. @agc93's solution worked perfectly...

I resolved this by adding two files, build.cake and cake.config to the root of the Project.

build.cake contained,

#load "../Cake/build.cake"

cake.config contained,

[Paths]
Tools=../Cake/tools

The Task Runner Explorer now lists the tasks within src/Cake/build.cake, and runs them using the tools directory within the same folder, as it would've done if the Cake script was run via build.ps1.

[gep13]

@RavinduL glad to hear that you got this working! Thanks for reporting back!