How To Fix Error Spawning Cl.exe
Unanswered Topics Wrox Programmer Forums > C# and C > C++ and Visual C++ > BOOK: Beginning Visual C++ 6 Error spawning cl.exe User Name Remember Me? Password Reminder Password Register Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Today's Posts | Search BOOK: Beginning Visual C++ 6 This is the forum to discuss the Wrox book Beginning Visual C++ 6 by Ivor Horton; ISBN: 9780764543883 Read more about Beginning Visual C++ 6 or buy the book from your favorite retailer Download the code for Beginning Visual C++ 6 Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Find All Thanked Posts Go to Page... Welcome to the p2p.wrox.com Forums. You are currently viewing the BOOK: Beginning Visual C++ 6 section of the Wrox Programmer to Programmer discussions. This is a community of tens of thousands of software programmers and website developers including Wrox book authors and readers. As a guest, you can read any forum posting. By joining today you can post your own programming questions, respond to other developers’ questions, and eliminate the ads that are displayed to guests. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free . Thread Tools Display Modes #1 (permalink) February 10th, 2004, 05:11 AM TypX Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: , , France. Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Error spawning cl.exe Hello, When I try to compile my files, even the example files of visual C++, I receive this error message : Error spawning cl.exe What does that mean ? what can I do ? #2 (permalink) February 10th, 2004, 06:32 AM karthik79_mca Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: , , . Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Hello, I think this is useful to you. Check your path settings under Tools->Options->Directories. Make sure the paths listed for the executable is correct for where you have vcspawn.exe and CL.exe installed to. You can also attach the
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Forum Visual C++ & C++ Programming Visual C++ Programming Error Spawning "cl.exe"? If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register or Login before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 5 of 5 Thread: Error Spawning "cl.exe"? Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode January 19th, 2006,03:31 PM #1 starfleetrp View Profile View Forum Posts Member Join Date Jun 2005 Posts 241 Error Spawning "cl.exe"? Why am I all of a sudden getting this: Error Spawning "cl.exe"? when I try to complile my exe. I have comliled many time with this and now it is just starting happening when I got on it today... I am using VS 2003 Last edited by starfleetrp; January 19th, 2006 at 03:34 PM. Reply With Quote January 19th, 2006,03:55 PM #2 MrViggy View Profile View Forum Posts Elite Member Power Poster Join Date Feb 2002 Posts 4,640 Re: Error Spawning "cl.exe"? Try re-installing VS? Does cl.exe exist on the drive? Can you manually run it (on the command line)? Viggy Reply With Quote January 19th, 2006,04:13 PM #3 ecspansion View Profile View Forum Posts Member Join Date Apr 2004 Location Los Angeles Posts 50 Re: Error Spawning "cl.exe"? You may need to put the path to cl.exe in your PATH environment variable. on my computer, it's in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin go to Control Panel > System > "Advanced" tab > "Environment Variables" button > under "System Variables" find PATH > click "edit" > add the above path, preceded by a ';' You'll probably get another