While building the project "Common.vcxproj", We are getting Error message : error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
The machine has the tool installed at "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" , but the .vcxproj is looking for "V110" folder.
In the Project file ""
and We have registry key = "VCTargetsPath" and value = $([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(VCTargetsPath)','$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\'))
Question is why the MSBUuild is looking for "...\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" when we have ".../\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props"?
Thanks
Question is why the MSBUuild is looking for
"...\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" when we have
".../\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props"?
Please try these:
1) please check register editor and enter both HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\14.0 and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\14.0 and then make sure that it uses v140's path as this link shows.
2) Right-click on your project in VS 2015 IDE-->Properties-->Configuration Properties-->General-->change Platform Toolset to v140.
3) Also, check whether you define any VCTargetPath under Project Properties(right-click on your project)-->xxxxx-->Command Line
4) Run npm install -g --production windows-build-tools in Powershell as administrator
5) If these does not work, please go back to step one, and then change VCTargetsPath to C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\ directly.
Or run [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("VCTargetsPath", "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140", "Machine") in powershell.
Hope these could help you.
I'm doing a build script for my visual studio C++ solution.
i wrote a batch file that places the environment variables before running vcvarsall.bat. i'll paste the script at the end of the post.
But when it runs, It can't build the solution as it can't find the header files.
fatal error : C1083
They are located in the folder Inc. And I just don't know how to specify it...
script :
# echo off
set PROJECT_HOME=%~dp0
set PROJECT_TOOLS=%PROJECT_HOME%\Tools
set QT_HOME=%PROJECT_TOOLS%\Qt\5.12.0\x64\5.12.0\msvc2017_64
set QT_BIN=%QT_HOME%\bin
set QT_LIB=%QT_HOME%\lib
set QT_INC=%QT_HOME%\include
set QT_PLUGIN_PATH=%QT_HOME%\plugins
set QT_PLATFORMS=%QT_HOME%\plugins\platforms
set PARAMS=%QT_HOME%\Params
set QML_IMPORT_PATH=%QT_HOME%\qml;%QML_IMPORT_PATH%;
set PATH=%QT_BIN%;%QT_LIB%;%QT_PLATFORMS%;%PARAMS%;%QML_IMPORT_PATH%;%PATH%
call D:\APP\Microsoft\VisualStudio_Pro\v156\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat x64 %*
devenv solution.sln /build
pause
I am probably missing something obvious - but I have been stuck for a while on this issue. I am compiling a Visual Studio project on the command line using MSBuild. Basically like this:
CALL vcvars32.bat
MSBuild myproject.sln /m /t:rebuild /p:Configuration=Release /verbosity:m
But this gives me an error: fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file 'winsock.h': No such file or directory
But if I check the environment variable INCLUDEafter the vcvars32.bat call the directory containing 'winsock.h' is in the list - so I definitely have this file in the SDK.
In addition if I change verbosity of MSBuild to detailed I can see the full compile command used. If I copy that and run it in the console the same cpp file compiles without any problem.
Any idea whats different inside the MSBuild context ?
Solved it, adding /p:useenv=true make MSBuild use the INCLUDE environment variable.
( Still a bit unsure why that had to be done though, since I can't recall having needed that earlier for command line builds. )
I have an existing wxWidgets project which I am trying to compile under Visual Studio 2010 (the project was created probably with older version of Visual Studio - could be even VS2003). I compiled wxWidgets library (also included paths in my project). When compiling my project now, I get this error:
1>------ Build started: Project: Terminals, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Build started 8/24/2015 10:56:23 AM.
1>InitializeBuildStatus:
1> Touching "Debug\Terminals.unsuccessfulbuild".
1>ClCompile:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>ResourceCompile:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>ManifestResourceCompile:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>Link:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>Manifest:
1>
1>wx\msw\wx.manifest : general error c1010070: Failed to load and parse the manifest. The system cannot find the path specified.
1>
1>
1>Build FAILED.
1>
1>Time Elapsed 00:00:01.59
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
Can someone help?
This happens if your project's path has a space in it, for example in my case the project is within my Windows account, so the path begins with "C:\Users\Adam Reece...". I then get "C:\Users\Adam" within a "cannot find" like error when building the manifest.
This is 100% a bug with Visual Studio recently of which Microsoft refuses to recognise. You are not in the wrong for having a space in your path as it's been supported since Windows 95. However as a workaround you either need to make sure there are no spaces in the full path to your project, or disable generation of the manifest. (Project properties -> Linker -> Manifest File -> Generate Manifest -> Change to No (/MANIFEST:NO).)
Based on your description, I suggest you to validate your manifest file and make sure it is correct. You can use Manifestchk.vbs or “ mt.exe -manifest 1.manifest -validate_manifest “.
Moreover, from your error message, you need make sure the complier can find your manifest file configure your configuration correctly.
Go to “Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Manifest File”; turn the
“Generate Manifest” to “No”.
Go to “Configuration Properties -> Manifest Tool “; add your manifest
file path, like: (give mainfest file name like “f:/xxxx.manifest”) to
“Additional Manifest Files”; and turn the “Embed Manifest” to “No”.
Eventually, rebuild again.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to let me know.
This error message always happen when Visual Studio could not find the file. There are some potential causes:
Numbers or spaces in the project name
Project name too long
Started creating the project from a blank project that doesn't have
all of the parts.
I'd suggest trying each of the following to see if it fixes the issue- but backup your project/solution directory first.
A) Clean and rebuild the solution
B) Right click on the solution for the project (in Solution Explorer) and rename the solution to a very simple name (e.g., soln). Then do the same for the project (e.g., rename to proj). Do a rebuild all and see if the problem goes away. If it does you can rename the solution and project to something more meaningful.
C) Right click on the project and open it's properties. Go To Link | Manifest and turn off use of the manifest. Rebuild.
D) Create a new Win32 console project. Have Visual Studio create the initial CPP and .H files you need. Open your old source files and copy the code from those into the new files. Rebuild the new project.
I had the same problem and found the solution that DOES NOT require creating a new user profile...
Yes, it is caused by spaces in usernames. But why? Because mt.exe uses TEMP/TMP environment variables. On one of my machines, the username was with the old 8.3 format in TEMP (C:\users\gerson~1) and that worked. This gave me a hint as to how to adress the problem:
set your users' TEMP to some folder that has no spaces
set your users' TMP to some folder that has no spaces
Ensure you restart VS so that the settings changes take effect. Your build should work now ;)
I had this error together with msb3073. I solved the issue by modifying the project's vcxproj file, changing from:
<PostBuildEvent>
<Command>mt.exe -manifest DesignedForWindows7.manifest -i [...]
</Command>
</PostBuildEvent>
to
<AfterBuildEvent>
<Command>mt.exe -manifest DesignedForWindows7.manifest -i [...]
</Command>
</AfterBuildEvent>
where, in place of [...], there is some command line code that I just copied-pasted.
Be careful that there might be more than one such code block in the vcxproj file
UPDATE 02/07/21: Found a solution for Win10.0..... SDK
https://stackoverflow.com/a/49276285/16360714
I got c1010070: Failed to load and parse the manifest
because my Windows User Profile had a space in it e.g. C:\Users\ John Doe\ and I was trying to use UE4 with C++ and Visual Studio 2017, Win 8.1 SDK
FINAL SOLUTION AT END
Solution 0: CHange TMP and TEMP Windows environment variables to folders with no space. This could break other programs. I kept it changed though while trying other solutions.
Solution 1: Exclude C\User\John Doe ... folders from the project
Solution 2: Try to change your Windows Profile Folder Name (tutorials on YouTube)
Solution 3: Create a new Windows local account with no whitespace and use it for dev
Solution 1 Explanation
If you are using UE4, Makefile will be your Project Configuration default. So you won't have access to Linker or Manifest Tool Settings.
I was getting the following errors when building:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error c1010070 Failed to load and parse the manifest. The system cannot find the file specified. VirtuPilotv3 C:\Users\John
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error LNK1327 failure during running mt.exe VirtuPilotv3 K:\VRDEVELOPMENT\Virtu-Pilot\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LINK 1
1
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error MSB3073 The command "K:\VRDEVELOPMENT\UE_4.26\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat VirtuPilotv3Editor Win64 Development -Project="K:\VRDEVELOPMENT\Virtu-Pilot\VirtuPilotv3.uproject" -WaitMutex -FromMsBuild" exited with code 6. VirtuPilotv3 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets 44
I noticed the Macro $(PATH) in Property Page>General>Executable Directories contained a C:\ Users folder path "C:\Users\John Doe.dotnet\tools" to be specific.
So I added the .dotnet folder to my exclude directories and BINGO! I could build and open the editor. [1 VISUAL STUDIO WARNING]
Discovered C:\Users\John Doe.dotnet\tools is found under Windows "path"Environment Path Variables Image variable
I'll probably make a copy of the .dotnet folder to something like C:\VisualStudioCustom and add that folder as Windows Path New .dotnet folder set as path. This Should Solve the problem for all projects. As the new folder will automatically get added to Visual Studios Macro $(PATH). [IT ACTUALLY WORKED, NO VS ERRORS]
I'm trying to run cmake in Visual Studio 10, for esys-particle-win.
My path to cmake:C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\cmake.exe
My path to esys-particle-win:C:\esys-particle-win\trunk\buildvs2010\mkvs10.bat
The commands I'm typing in the administrator command prompt of Visual Studio 2010 are:
cd c:\esys-particle-win\trunk\buildvs2010
mkvs10.bat
and I'm getting this error:
'cmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command
contents of mkvs10.bat:
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 10" -G "NMake Makefiles"
could anyone tell me where I am wrong?. I don't know computer programming. I followed the instructions mentioned in section 2.3.1 of this site: `
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/139659869/esys-particle-win-%28v2.1%29-build-instructions.pdf
`
Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you.
The error message means it cannot find cmake.
You can add its location to your path from the prompt like this:
set PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\";%PATH%
As #doctorlove mentioned above, the error message means it cannont find Cmake.
Note that quotes aren't needed in PATH environmental variables on Windows. So the above example on Windows would look like:
set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\;%PATH%
I had the same issue, and resolved it in this post.
note that if you installed cmake via chocolatey, you may have neglected to add the argument --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'. If you've already choco-installed cmake without that argument, re-installing via --force won't respect the new argument: you'll need to uninstall and then install. specifically choco install cmake --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'
I had the same problem since I intalled CMake in D:\Program Files , I fixed it by manually adding a path variable.
Open control panel
Go to System and Security then go to System.
How it looks like in after step 2
Here Select advanced System settings, a dialogue box will appear.
The dialogue box
Now go to Environment Variables.
Now select path and then click on edit
After the 4th Step
Here add a new path at the bottom of many pre existing paths.
In my case i installed CMake in D:\Program Files\
So I need to add path D:\Program Files\CMake\bin. You should copy the path to your CMake folder and add \bin at the end.
Now open you have to restart command prompt to see the changes.
I found the CMake to be:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin
I added it to the User PATH as described above, by hrithik singla, and node-gyp worked, specifically "npm install". I expect it will change again in the future. So the way I found it was by having Windows Explorer search "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019" and then dig through the results for the CMake path. Probably, other development tools will install CMake to different folders.
I'm trying to build a project with my recently downloaded Visual Studio Community 2017, but had no CMake on my path.
It did not help, even after I had gained VCVars: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
Instead of separately installing a copy that might work with these answers, although I'm not sure it would have the generators I need(?), I found one in the installation directory, which had a different path than what was in the guide I was using.
Here is my invocation line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE% ..
There are a few issues that can cause this. And it's mostly windows related. This is more on the cmake side of things, but it addresses a few windows specific problems you may encounter using CMake with Windows. This is fresh in my head, and this popped up, so I'll drop this here. Here we go.
1. CMake will separate a variable to list if there are spaces in the path.
If you are calling another instance of CMake from within CMake, Sending a Program Files path will slice those strings, and divide your variable into a 3 item list. The spaces will be replace by a semicolon divider.
set(CMAKE_EXE C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe)
"C:\Program;Files;(x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe <- CMAKE_EXE is now a 3 item list separated by ; "
list(LENGTH ${CMAKE_EXE} count)
message("CMAKE_EXE has ${count} items") "-> displays 3"
On Windows, All path variables should be enclosed in quotations to infer that they are 1 single string variable. Not just for cmake, but for batch scripting, basic command line etc.
set(CMAKE_EXE "C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe")
Now, any time you reference CMAKE_EXE you'll need to always keep it enclosed in quotations, becuase cmake WILL break it to a list again otherwise.
execute_command(COMMAND cmd /c ${CMAKE_EXE} -P myScript.cmake) <-- BAD
execute_command(COMMAND cmd /c "${CMAKE_EXE}" -P myScript.cmake) <- GOOD
Just get in the habit of always putting quotations around paths you reference.
2. Stay away from the Windows back slashes!.
Windows uses back slashes by default for it's path divider, which are escape sequences in most coding languages, including CMake. Just send windows / forward slashes instead. This eliminates any headaches you'll have with doubling up escape characters in string literals to match the path. \
And remember, windows is always gonna try to give you paths in \ format. Windows likes backslashes in certain places like environment paths, and settings files, while cmake likes forward slashes. You need at some point to convert between the different formats.
Use something like this to convert the path to be more cross platform compatible. You can replace "in place" on your existing variable.
"CMAKE_EXE = C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe <- value before"
string(REPLACE "\\" "/" CMAKE_EXE "${CMAKE_EXE}") "<- notice the quotes again"
"CMAKE_EXE = C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe <- value after"
Take a look at these CMake functions designed to do path conversions.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/file.html#to-native-path
3. Sometimes, Windows interprets unquoted paths as 8.3SFN (8DOT3) format
8.3 filename
Back in the days of MSDOS and Windows 95, we dealt with the FAT file system and 8.3Short Filenames. The command prompt could not work with more than 8 character filenames so we needed a way to access long windows filenames before quotation string support. 8 characters + 3 for the extension. And most systems still support 8.3 today. Here's an example.
C:\Program Files\Windows\System32\Calc.exe <- \Program Files\ is 13 characters
in order to CD into this path without quotes, you have to use the short path. like so.
CD C:\Progra~1\Windows\System32\Calc.exe <-- *Progra~1 is 8 characters, 1st occurrence.*
You just break the File or Folder name down to 6 characters, plus ~n (n=occurrence)
If we had a C:\Program Files (x86) path then, like we do today, it would be the 2nd path who's first 6 characters matched, and both exceeded 8 characters.
C:\Program Files becomes -> C:\Progra~1\
C:\Program Files (x86) becomes -> C:\Progra~2\
C:\MyLongFilename.txt becomes -> C:\MyLong~1\
Whenever I am having trouble accessing the full length file system through software that is unable to send escape sequences or quotations, some other kind of limitation, I have to resort to using the 8.3 short filename to access certain paths. On some Windows boxes, quotes won't even work and it will be some LONG process to enable them on the host machine. This makes for a good workaround when that happens.
Getting the short path (via sending to command prompt)
C:\ for %A in ("C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe") do #echo %~sA
will produce C:\Progra~1 for you to use
Or, get the short path by sending the path as an argument to a batch file.
::getShortPath.bat
#ECHO OFF
echo %~s1
USE:-> getShortPath.bat "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"
To wrap this up, here are three examples of what could be happening in the background behind CMake when a windows path is not resolving.
Not using quotations around the path
Using quotes works. But sometimes you can lose your quotes if the stdio >> runs through more than one process. In which case you'll need to send them in as escape sequences "\"C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe\""
4. Paths and Command Line Arguments need to be separate variable or instances from each other.
When sending arguments from CMake, you DO want them to be separate variables from the path variable. Set(CMAKE_EXE "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe --version") will not work. Only paths and arguments with spaces in them need to be wrapped in quotes.
set(CMAKE_EXE "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" --version --trace "C:\My Soure Dir")
Putting it all together
If anyone is having problems with Windows/CMake paths like I was in the past, Study this code thoroughly until you completely understand it. All of the quotation placements. When you understanding what's quoted and what's not, and why, it should help a lot in the long run.
set(CMAKE_EXE "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\cmake.exe" CACHE INTERNAL "") <- make it a global variable.
set(ARGUMENTS --version --trace)
set(MyStringWithQuotesIncluded "\"This String wants it's quotes included\"")
set(MyCMakeLists "C:\MyApp\ProjectDirectory")
set(BuildHere "C:\MyBuilds\MyOSProject\bin")
set(FULL_COMMAND "${CMAKE_EXE}" ${ARGUMENTS} -DSTRING_VARIABLE="${MyStringWithQuotesIncluded}" -S "${MyCMakeLists}" -B "${BuildHere}")
execute_command(COMMAND cmd /c ${FULL_COMMAND} WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BuildHere}")
I had loads of issues working with windows paths through layers of CMake when I first started out. I hope this can help someone avoid all of that in the future.
Step 0: Install CMAKE
Make sure you have CMAKE installed on Windows:
https://cmake.org/download/
The installer will ask you if you want it to automatically set the PATH variable for you.
set the path to C:\Program Files\CMake\bin