Unexpected token with msbuild script?

Question

I get the following error message when trying to run a build file:

error MSB4025: The project file could not be loaded. '?' is an u nexpected token. The expected token is ''>''.

Here is the build script:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?/>

<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTarget="Compile"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"&gt;

<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == " ">Debug</Configuration>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<SolutionRoot Include=".."/>
<BuildArtifacts Include=".\buildartifacts\"/>
<SolutionFile Include="..\ScrewTurnWiki.sln"/>
</ItemGroup>

<Target Name="Clean">
<RemoveDir Directories="@(BuildArtifacts)"/>
</Target>

<Target Name="Init" DependsOnTargets="Clean">
<MakeDir Directories="@(BuildArtifacts)"/>
</Target>

<Target Name="Compile" DependsOnTargets="Init">
<MSBuild Projects="@(SolutionFile)"Properties="OutDir=%(BuildArtifacts.FullPath);   
    Configuration=$(Configuration)"/>
</Target>

</Project>

Line 1, Position 38 is where it says the error is.

Another error just popped up after fixing the first one:

Line 1, Postion 53 says Name cannot begin with the '"' character....

Answer 1

I think the xml header must be <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> instead of <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?/>