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vcvarsall — Setup the environment variables required for using the Microsoft Visual Studio tools. The path of `v

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Problem

How to use the vcvarsall command: Setup the environment variables required for using the Microsoft Visual Studio tools. The path of vcvarsall for a certain Visual Studio installation can be found using vswhere. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line>.

Solution

vcvarsall — Setup the environment variables required for using the Microsoft Visual Studio tools. The path of vcvarsall for a certain Visual Studio installation can be found using vswhere. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line>.

Setup the environment for native x64:

vcvarsall x64

Setup the environment for cross-compiled native x86 from the x64 host:

vcvarsall x64_x86

Setup the environment for cross-compiled native Arm x64 from the x64 host:

vcvarsall x64_arm64

Setup the environment for native UWP x64:

vcvarsall x64 uwp

Code Snippets

Setup the environment for native x64

vcvarsall x64

Setup the environment for cross-compiled native x86 from the x64 host

vcvarsall x64_x86

Setup the environment for cross-compiled native Arm x64 from the x64 host

vcvarsall x64_arm64

Setup the environment for native UWP x64

vcvarsall x64 uwp

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