Where is vcbuild in VS2010?

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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

Hehe, they worked quite hard on eliminating it. – Hans Passant Oct 13 '11 at 23:30 — Hans Passant, Oct 13 '11 at 23:30

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '11 at 23:24

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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.

answered Oct 13 '11 at 23:24

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score 12 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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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.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered May 22 '15 at 18:29

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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](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2817869/error-unable-to-find-vcvarsall-bat#comment30518746_10558328) which pointed me to [http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729279](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` – T Nguyen Jul 30 '15 at 01:25
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The Build Tools link has changed, but Visual Studio 2015 Build Tools are located at https://www.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. – Rytis Oct 15 '15 at 06:35

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '13 at 09:16

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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)

answered Nov 13 '13 at 09:16

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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? – khattam Mar 23 '14 at 02:12

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 02 '19 at 12:18

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Using Chocolatey package manager:

choco install -y vcbuildtools

answered Jan 02 '19 at 12:18

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 23 '17 at 18:49

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

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answered Feb 02 '16 at 20:44

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