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Cute
Cute

Reputation: 14011

spawning cmd.exe error in vs2008

I have created a simple vc++ console application and try to print "Hello World". I am using Windows Server 2003 machine.

When I try to build this project I got the error as Error: spawning cmd.exe

How do I fix this?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 12673

Answers (8)

Priti Biyani
Priti Biyani

Reputation: 424

It was giving error for me because cmd.exe was not accessible with the current user. What I did to solve this problem :

  1. Close current Visual Studio.
  2. Reopen Visual Studio by right clicking on visual studio and select 'Run as administrator'
  3. Now run The project.

Why It works

To access cmd.exe application must have privilege to run this. It doesn't have permission to access this and hence it works next time when you tries to access it normally(without running application as Administrator)

Operating System Windows 7

Upvotes: 0

silwar
silwar

Reputation: 6518

If you get error like this

Just open Tools –> Options –> Projects and Solutions –> VC++ Directories

and add these lines :

  1. $(SystemRoot)\System32
  2. $(SystemRoot)
  3. $(SystemRoot)\System32\wbem

Upvotes: 3

Chenna V
Chenna V

Reputation: 10483

Yep. (Another weird windows error) Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories -> Executable Files Add $(SystemRoot)\System32 it works

Upvotes: 0

Cute
Cute

Reputation: 14011

yes i hav found where the proble. I unable to locate path of cmd.exe so go to visualstudio tools->options->projects and ->vc++ directories and specify ($SystemRoot)/system32 then it working fine.

Upvotes: 1

yesraaj
yesraaj

Reputation: 47900

http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2005/09/12/cmdspawnerror

Upvotes: 1

aJ.
aJ.

Reputation: 35450

Check if cmd.exe is in <Path> environment variable?

I just did a small test by removing the %SystemRoot%\system32 from path environment variable and I got the same problem what you are facing.

Error 4 Error spawning 'cmd.exe'. Project SEH

If it is the path issue then try adding below to Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories:

$(SystemRoot)\System32

Upvotes: 16

Jeremy
Jeremy

Reputation: 3504

I believe cmd.exe is not runnable by a non administrative user by default on Windows Server 2003, so I would check its permissions. That of course assumes you are not running it as Administrator already.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Mourfield
Peter Mourfield

Reputation: 1885

Are you running on Vista? Could this be a case of needing to run Visual Studio as Administrator?

Upvotes: 0

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