After installing Visual Studio 2008 Standard with only VC++, when you try to build any kind of C++ project you will receive the following error message: Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cl.exe'
Resolution: You would also need to install C# along with VC++
Repro Steps
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Install Visual Studio 2008 Standard with only C++
Launch VS 2008 IDE
Create any kind of new C++ project
Build the project
You will receive the following error message:Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cl.exe'
The root cause of this issue is that cl.exe file is only included in the feature of C# in vs_std sku. That means it won't get installed by only installing VC++.
If you search for cl.exe on the machine you will find the following occurrences:
1. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe"
2. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64\cl.exe"
The folder "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin" does not include cl.exe.
Anonymous
April 04, 2013
how to over come this error???? The folder "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 9.0VCbin" does include cl.exe...what should i do??plz help me.Anonymous
April 04, 2013
In order to get this cl.exe file, you need to install Visual C# on the system.