qt creator 5.10 failed to retrieve msvc environment error - c++

Question

i just installed qt creator 5.10 and i opened a simple widget application this is the error that i get even without running the application
:-1: error: Failed to retrieve MSVC Environment from "D:\pograml files\visual studio2\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat":
'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
i haven't found any solutions for this, if anyone could help me i would be very thankful

Answer 1

When Qt starts, I used to get a list of 10 errors related to MSVC kit because each detected MSVC platform compiler has an Initialization script for setting environment. like:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat x86_amd64
I traced the failure by running all Initialization one by one on same command line (cmd) window; In the beginning I used to run only Initialization for x86_amd64 which runs without errors thus I didn't notice anything wrong. But on same window running Initialization for next compiler " ...\vcvarsall.bat x86_amd64" the error appeared which in my case was something like:
" ..program Files\MySQL\Utilities xxx was not expected at this time"
I just checked and found that path does not exist at all in my storage, so I removed it from PATH system env settings, and surprised things went normal after that!

Answer 2

To add to the answer of #John Wesley, I too had to alter my system's PATH enviroment variable to fix the "failed to retrieve msvc environment" error. However, my problem was slightly different.
In short, remove any unused directories from your PATH.
To explain, my PATH contained the following entries in the following order:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;
C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;
C:\Windows\system32;
C:\Windows;
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;
[lots more enties followed...]
Hence my case was different to John's because it already had the required entries of:
C:\Windows\system32;
C:\Windows;
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;
The fix for my system was to delete the first two entries (which I do not need because I manually set my Java paths). After I did that, I reopened Qt Creator and it worked!
It has been working for the past week without problem, however, sometimes the message "failed to retrieve msvc environment" still pops up for a moment, but then disappears again.

Answer 3

I met this error building qt project in Qt Creator. then solved by adding some paths to my system path, which not included them before.
C:\Windows\System32
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
Then reopen Qt Creator.

Answer 4

I faced the same problem as you. I use Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition with Qt 5.6.0. Windows 10.
In the beginning, I used "Visual Studio Installer" to repair. However it does not work.
Then I append "C:\Windows\System32" to "PATH" variable to Environment variables" since chcp is a exe in System3 and somehow I cannot find "C:\Windows\System32" in "PATH".
After that, I delete the Visual Studio (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio) directly from File Explorer. ( I shift+deleted it )
Then re-install the "Visual Studio 2017" again.
It works!
I do not know which step is important. I think to add System32 to PATH variable and re-install VS2017 may the solution

Answer 5

In my case, I found the problem in my System Path variable. If the Path contains double quote anywhere, Qt emits this error.

Answer 6

I have meet the "error: Failed to retrieve MSVC Environment" for no reason. I deleated the debug file of my project and it does work.