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[fddavis]

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[ 15.7.0 ] Visual Studio version (Help > About) [ 1.4.1 ] SPFx Generator version (npm list -g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint)

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When I build a project, it just sits there and runs and never completes. I then found an article to open the command window to see what is going on. I did that and it completes just like you would through npm. It ends with if you want to run the code you have to do gulp serve. I tried and it errored and found out that I wasn't in the right directory to run it and then go into a folder deeper and run it and gulp serve runs. I then add the webpart to the workbench and then close the window and Visual Studio completes. Is there another way to fix this?

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[fddavis]

I actually have the command window to open when the project is built and then use gulp serve to call the workbench and then add the webpart and then close everything and then Visual Studio finishes loading the project and all.