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user541686
user541686

Reputation: 210785

Visual C++ 2008 64-bit compiler?

I've noticed that when I compile a 64-bit program from Visual Studio 2008, the compiler that runs is in the bin\x86_amd64 folder, not from the bin\amd64 folder -- even though both of them exist.

Is there any way to force the 64-bit compiler to run instead of the cross-compiler?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1442

Answers (1)

stijn
stijn

Reputation: 35921

go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories, then select x64 for platform and select Executable Files. This list is like a PATH environment variable for everything started from within VS, including compiler/linker/debugger etc.

Normally the first line will be

$(VCInstallDir)bin\x86_amd64

so changing this to

 $(VCInstallDir)bin\amd64

will pick cl.exe etc from that directory instead.

Upvotes: 3

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