I am using Visual Studio 2017. When I try to build a solution, I encounter this error: Cannot find the resource compiler DLL. Please make sure the path is correct. I checked my system, and fou...

With Microsoft changing the pattern of registry entries in its latest versions, how do i detect if Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable is installed on a machine? My aim is to install VC++2015Redist si...

Steve tells me that VC 2015 and VC 2017 are actually (gonna be) binary compatible. I found zero info wrt. this in the release notes for 2017 (RC) - or pretty much anywhere for that matter, so here...

In Visual C++ 2017 (with /std:c++14 or with /std:c++17), the following code works: void TakePtr(char*); // const or not int main() { TakePtr(char{}); TakePtr(char()); } I don't understand wh...

I have a simple one-member struct with deleted copy construction/assignment, and default move construction/assignment. I'm trying to pass one of these structs to a function by value and return the ...

Just installed VS2017, which claims to have superior C++14 support since 2015 (which was rudimentary). Gave it a spin on one of my projects which uses constexpr, and noticed what appear to be some ...

I have a source with VC++ 2017 I receive the error "Error C1083 Cannot open include file: 'QtCore/QMap': No such file or directory " when i try compile the project. I download Qt libraries and add ...

If i install just Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable on my machine, can it support applications that was written for 2015 in other words, if I uninstall Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable and install Vi...

This SO post: Is Visual-C++-2017 binary compatible with VC++-2015? clearly says that VS 2017 is binary compatible with VS 2015. It even looks like the official position. My question is, in the pas...