diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/Program.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/Program.cs
index 91a851c6..28940d9f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.CommandLine;
+using System.CommandLine;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -24,14 +23,18 @@ static async Task Main(string[] args)
         /// </summary>
         private static void RegisterMsBuild()
         {
+            string pathToMsBuildExeInLatestVisualStudioVersion = string.Empty;
             const string defaultInstallDirOfVisualStudio = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\";
-            var installDirOfLatestVisualStudio = Directory.GetDirectories(defaultInstallDirOfVisualStudio, "????", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
-                .Where(x => Path.GetFileName(x).All(char.IsDigit))
-                .MaxBy(x => Path.GetFileName(x));
+            if (Directory.Exists(defaultInstallDirOfVisualStudio))
+            {
+                var installDirOfLatestVisualStudio = Directory.GetDirectories(defaultInstallDirOfVisualStudio, "????", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
+                    .Where(x => Path.GetFileName(x).All(char.IsDigit))
+                    .MaxBy(x => Path.GetFileName(x));
 
-            string pathToMsBuildExeInLatestVisualStudioVersion = Path.Combine(
-                Directory.GetDirectories(installDirOfLatestVisualStudio, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly).FirstOrDefault() ?? string.Empty,
-                "MSBuild", "Current", "Bin", "MSBuild.exe");
+                pathToMsBuildExeInLatestVisualStudioVersion = Path.Combine(
+                    Directory.GetDirectories(installDirOfLatestVisualStudio, "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly).FirstOrDefault() ?? string.Empty,
+                    "MSBuild", "Current", "Bin", "MSBuild.exe");
+            }
 
             if (File.Exists(pathToMsBuildExeInLatestVisualStudioVersion))
             {
@@ -43,4 +46,4 @@ private static void RegisterMsBuild()
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}
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