"DirectoryNotFoundException" error when building a project via script in one folder, then building via Editor in another, deleting the folder built via Editor and rebuilding via Script

Unity: Build Systems

This issue has been closed as a duplicate of:

BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer ignores BuildPlayerOptions.locationPathName and attempts to build to the cached folder

Won't Fix

2023.2.X

2023.1.X

2022.2.X

2021.3.X

2020.3.X

How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached project “BuildLocationBug.zip“
2. Build the project in folder A (Window>Test>Build)
3. Build the project in folder B (File>Build Settings…>Build)
4. Delete folder B
5. Repeat step 2

Expected result: Project is built
Actual result: “DirectoryNotFoundException: The path …/folder B does not exist.“ error in the Console

Reproducible with: 2020.3.44f1, 2021.3.16f1, 2022.2.3f1, 2023.1.0b1

Reproduced on: Windows 10 (19044.2486)
Not reproducible on: macOS 13.0.1 (Intel)

"DirectoryNotFoundException" error when building a project via script in one folder, then building via Editor in another, deleting the folder built via Editor and rebuilding via Script

Unity: Build Systems

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"DirectoryNotFoundException" error when building a project via script in one folder, then building via Editor in another, deleting the folder built via Editor and rebuilding via Script

Unity: Build Systems

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