Where is vcvarsall.bat file?

Question

_{Monday, August 31, 2015 7:32 PM | 1 vote}

Windows 7 64

Visual Studio 2015 community

I thought this file would be in C:\program files(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\ but it's not. Should it be? If not, what's the alternative and how do I run the compiler from the command line? Am I missing something?

Ps. I am a complete novice.

All replies (6)

_{Wednesday, September 2, 2015 9:00 AM ✅Answered | 10 votes}

Hi Thploons,

Thank you for posting in MSDN forum.

The vcvarsall.bat file is in C:\program files(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\

I doubt that you didn't install visual C++ tools, in visual studio 2015, visual C++ tools is not installed by default, please go to Control Panel -> Uninstall a program, select visual studio 2015, right click, Change -> Modify, to see if the Visual C++ tools is selected, if it isn't selected, it means that you didn't install the visual C++ tool, please select it and then follow the installation steps to install it.

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_{Monday, December 14, 2015 12:21 PM}

I am confusing this for few days. It is really helpful for me.

_{Monday, May 22, 2017 7:06 PM}

It may be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\14.0\VC

_{Tuesday, July 4, 2017 8:10 AM}

That is weird, why the bat file would end up in Shared/14.0/VC but not C:\program files(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\

_{Monday, October 16, 2017 12:31 AM}

In VS 2017 Preview, at least, it seems to appear in

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build

This breaks building Python out-of-the-box.

_{Monday, April 23, 2018 6:20 PM | 3 votes}

in the full release (of Professional at least) its now at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build