Where is vcbuild in VS2010?

Question

I've upgraded to VS2010 and am looking for the vbuild executable. For VS2008, it was under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe

Where is it for VS2010? It's not under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild.exe

Answer 1

There isn't a vcbuild anymore - it's replaced by msbuild

There is also a TFSBuild.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE but I don't know if it's an exact replacement.

Answer 2

Install Microsoft Visual C++. Set an environment variable for VCbuild.exe to the Visual Studio folder.

Answer 3

I was running into a similar issue with a Node.js module refusing to install unless I added the location of vcbuild.exe to the system path.

@neslekkiM's answer was a starting point for me, but I didn't want to have to install the entire Visual Studio or SDK - I just wanted the build tools. I ended up finding out you can download the build tools by themselves:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159

Once installed, your vcbuild.exe should be located somewhere in the subfolders of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin (mine was in amd64).

I know this question is a few years old, but hopefully this helps someone later down the road.

Answer 4

Installing Windows SDK 7 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3138 gives you back vcbuild But that revealed an new problem for us, ATLMFC is not installed. (needed to build our software on the buildserver, had to install vs2008)

Answer 5

Using Chocolatey package manager:

choco install -y vcbuildtools