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flutter_local_notifications_windows causes build failure with error MSB3491 #2805

Description

@evolutionerp

Describe the bug

Adding the dependency flutter_local_notifications: ^22.1.0 causes the project build to fail with the following error:

Could not write lines to file "flutter_local_notifications_windows.dir\Debug\flutter_.8EB699BA.tlog\flutter_local_notifications_windows.lastbuildstate"

Could not find a part of the path [...]\build\windows\x64\plugins\flutter_local_notifications_windows\shared\flutter_local_notifications_windows.dir\Debug\flutter_.8EB699BA.tlog\flutter_local_notifications_windows.lastbuildstate

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\BuildTools\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v180\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(394,5): 
error MSB3491: could not write lines to file "flutter_local_notifications_windows.dir\Debug\flutter_.8EB699BA.tlog\flutter_local_notifications_windows.lastbuildstate".
Could not find a part of the path 'E:\evo\evoscanner\evoscanner-desktop\build\windows\x64\plugins\flutter_local_notifications_windows\shared\flutter_local_notifications_windows.dir\Debug\flutter_.8EB699BA.tlog\flutter_local_notifications_windows.lastbuildstate'.
[E:\evo\evoscanner\evoscanner-desktop\build\windows\x64\plugins\flutter_local_notifications_windows\shared\flutter_local_notifications_windows.vcxproj]

To Reproduce

  1. Add a reference to flutter_local_notifications: ^22.1.0
  2. flutter clean
  3. git clean -dfX
  4. flutter pub get
  5. Build the project targeting Windows (flutter build windows --verbose)

Expected behavior

Build completes successfully

flutter doctor -v

[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.44.6, on Microsoft Windows [Versione 10.0.26200.8894], locale it-IT) [709ms]
    • Flutter version 3.44.6 on channel stable at C:\Dev\Flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision ee80f08bbf (11 days ago), 2026-07-08 15:02:06 -0700
    • Engine revision 83675ed276
    • Dart version 3.12.2
    • DevTools version 2.57.0
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging,
      enable-uiscene-migration

[√] Windows Version (11 Enterprise 64 bit, 25H2, 2009) [2,5s]

[X] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices [309ms]
    X Unable to locate Android SDK.
      Install Android Studio from: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
      (or visit https://flutter.dev/to/windows-android-setup for detailed instructions).
      If the Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, please use
      `flutter config --android-sdk` to update to that location.


[√] Chrome - develop for the web [238ms]
    • Chrome at C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

[√] Visual Studio - develop Windows apps (Visual Studio Build Tools 2026 18.8.0) [236ms]
    • Visual Studio at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\BuildTools
    • Visual Studio Build Tools 2026 version 18.8.12009.203
    • Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.26100.0

[√] Connected device (3 available) [271ms]
    • Windows (desktop) • windows • windows-x64    • Microsoft Windows [Versione 10.0.26200.8894]
    • Chrome (web)      • chrome  • web-javascript • Google Chrome 149.0.7827.115
    • Edge (web)        • edge    • web-javascript • Microsoft Edge 149.0.4022.80

[√] Network resources [3,4s]
    • All expected network resources are available.

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