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MSBUILD: "Solution file error MSB5013: Error parsing a project section"

I was trying to create a batch file to build projects using msbuild tool of Visual Studio 2008. As I was along the way I encountered the error "Solution file error MSB5013: Error parsing a project section.". At first, don't know why this happens wherein building the said solution in IDE seems fine. So, what I did is open another solution that was built successfully using msbuild compared it to erroneous solution. I found out a minor difference. A missing quote. Added it and build it again using msbuild and the error is gone. Encountering this error will not have the same fix and must open the solution file to find out yourself what's the parsing error is all about. That's it. Enjoy!