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To work correctly, the tools require several specific environment variables to be set. These variables are used to add the tools to the path, and to set include file, library file, and SDK locations.

To make it easy to set these environment variables, the installer creates customized command files , or batch files, during installation. You can run one of these command files to set a specific host and target build architecture, Windows SDK version, and platform toolset.

For convenience, the installer also creates shortcuts in your Start menu. The shortcuts start developer command prompt windows by using these command files for specific combinations of host and target.

These shortcuts ensure all the required environment variables are set and ready to use. The required environment variables are specific to your installation and to the build architecture you choose.

They also might be changed by product updates or upgrades. That's why we recommend you use an installed command prompt shortcut or command file, instead of setting the environment variables yourself. The toolsets, command files, and shortcuts installed depend on your computer processor and the options you selected during installation.

The xhosted tools and cross tools that build x86 and x64 code are always installed. If you have bit Windows, the xhosted tools and cross tools that build x86 and x64 code are also installed. Other workloads may install these and other tools. Even a simple Visual Studio installation may set twenty or more environment variables.

The values of these environment variables are specific to your installation and your choice of build configuration, and can be changed by product updates or upgrades.

That's why we strongly recommend that you use a developer command prompt shortcut or one of the customized command files to set them. We don't recommend you set them in the Windows environment yourself. To see which environment variables are set by a developer command prompt shortcut, you can use the SET command. Open a plain command prompt window and capture the output of the SET command for a baseline. Open a developer command prompt window and capture the output of the SET command for comparison.

A diff tool such as the one built into the Visual Studio IDE can be useful to compare the environment variables and see what's set by the developer command prompt. For information about the specific environment variables used by the compiler and linker, see CL Environment Variables. The command prompt shortcuts are installed in a version-specific Visual Studio folder in your Windows Start menu. Here's a list of the base command prompt shortcuts and the build architectures they support:.

The Start menu folder and shortcut names vary depending on the installed version of Visual Studio. If you set one, they also depend on the installation Nickname. For example, suppose you installed Visual Studio , and you gave it a nickname of Latest. For example, suppose you installed Visual Studio Several command-line tools or tool options may require Administrator permission.

If you have permission issues when you use them, we recommend that you open the developer command prompt window by using the Run as Administrator option. Right-click to open the shortcut menu for the command prompt window, then choose More , Run as administrator. On the desktop, open the Windows Start menu, and then scroll to find and open the folder for your version of Visual Studio, for example, Visual Studio This shortcut starts a developer command prompt window that uses the default build architecture of bit, xnative tools to build bit, xnative code.

If you prefer a non-default build architecture, choose one of the native or cross tools command prompts to specify the host and target architecture. For an even faster way to open a developer command prompt, enter developer command prompt in the desktop search box.

Then choose the result you want. If you prefer to set the build environment in an existing command prompt window, you can use one of the command files created by the installer. We recommend you set the environment in a new command prompt window.

We don't recommend you later switch environments in the same command window. The command file location depends on the version of Visual Studio you installed, and on choices you made during installation.

The command file location depends on the Visual Studio version, and the installation directory. The primary developer command prompt command file, VsDevCmd. When no parameters are specified, it sets the environment to use the xnative tools to build bit x86 code.

More command files are available to set up specific build architectures. The command files available depend on the Visual Studio workloads and options you've installed. These command files set default parameters and call VsDevCmd. A typical installation may include these command files:. The vcvarsall. Do not replace a missing or damaged vcvarsall.

Rerun the Visual Studio installer to replace the missing file. If the current version of Visual Studio is installed on a computer that also has an earlier version of Visual Studio, do not run vcvarsall. The simplest way to specify a particular build architecture in an existing command window is to use the vcvarsall. Use vcvarsall. You can even specify which Windows SDK to use, and select the platform toolset version.

When used with no arguments, vcvarsall. You can add arguments to configure the environment to use any of the native or cross compiler tools.