Where is vcbuild in VS2010?

Question

I've upgraded to VS2010 and am looking for the vbuild executable. For VS2008, it was under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe

Where is it for VS2010? It's not under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe

Exemplificative

Hehe, they worked quite hard on eliminating it. – Pamphleteer

Answer 1

There isn't a vcbuild anymore - it's replaced by msbuild

There is also a TFSBuild.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE but I don't know if it's an exact replacement.

Refugio

Answer 2

I was running into a similar issue with a Node.js module refusing to install unless I added the location of vcbuild.exe to the system path.

@neslekkiM's answer was a starting point for me, but I didn't want to have to install the entire Visual Studio or SDK - I just wanted the build tools. I ended up finding out you can download the build tools by themselves:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159

Once installed, your vcbuild.exe should be located somewhere in the subfolders of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin (mine was in amd64).

I know this question is a few years old, but hopefully this helps someone later down the road.

Protraction

Thanks, your answer helped me, but not all the way. I went to the link and only found Microsoft Build Tools 2013, which created a C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin folder but no VCBuild.exe. But another SO answer which pointed me to http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729279 which was a download of VC++ 2008 Express Edition which installed VCBuild.exe at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages – Padraic

The Build Tools link has changed, but Visual Studio 2015 Build Tools are located at microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159 - this allows me to proceed with compiling the node script into a single binary with nexe. – Brana

Answer 3

Installing Windows SDK 7 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3138 gives you back vcbuild But that revealed an new problem for us, ATLMFC is not installed. (needed to build our software on the buildserver, had to install vs2008)

Encircle

I have Windows SDK 7.1 and I don't have vcbuild. The one you linked is 7.0. Should I install both in parallel? – Jubbah

Answer 4

Using Chocolatey package manager:

choco install -y vcbuildtools

Boost

Answer 5

Install Microsoft Visual C++. Set an environment variable for VCbuild.exe to the Visual Studio folder.

Counterattraction