From 7a944e0ead1c07ffa385f3a5d7448d212de3efde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Morozov <vmorozov@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:24:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Set $(ReactNativeWindowsDir) before it is used

---
 vnext/Directory.Build.props | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vnext/Directory.Build.props b/vnext/Directory.Build.props
index 87b6500ca8b..d2a7137eea2 100644
--- a/vnext/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/vnext/Directory.Build.props
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Initialize $(ReactNativeWindowsDir) before it is used below. -->
+  <Import Project="PropertySheets\ReactPackageDirectories.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ProjectName Condition="'$(ProjectName)'==''">$(MSBuildProjectName)</ProjectName>
     <!-- Visual Studio forces using 'Win32' for the 'x86' platform. -->

From a138d903fcd751b4654f84a853476daa8325268a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Morozov <vmorozov@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:25:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change files

---
 ...ve-windows-2020-03-31-20-25-48-FixNewProjectBuild.json | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 change/react-native-windows-2020-03-31-20-25-48-FixNewProjectBuild.json

diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2020-03-31-20-25-48-FixNewProjectBuild.json b/change/react-native-windows-2020-03-31-20-25-48-FixNewProjectBuild.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e12f7359153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2020-03-31-20-25-48-FixNewProjectBuild.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Set $(ReactNativeWindowsDir) before it is used",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "vmorozov@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-04-01T03:25:48.573Z"
+}
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