I'm still getting this error when I build my C++ program in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 - Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cmd.exe' I have taken the steps in "Error spawning 'comd.exe' from VS 2005 pro C++" solution but it isn't working for me. I am able to solve it temporarily by changing the Embedded manifest to "no". This works if I do it for each project.
I did the steps:
Goto Start --> Programs --> Microsoft Visual Studio .. -> Tools --> Visual Studio Command Prompt
Type "path > C:\path.txt" at the command prompt, and then "exit"
Goto Start --> Run and type "cmd.exe"
Type "path < C:\path.txt", and then "exit"
Then I did this:
open C:\path.txt in notepad
Copy everything.
Press Winkey (That exists between Ctrl and Alt) + Pause
Goto Advanced, Environment Variables
Select PATH and click Edit put the copied text, click OK. Do the same for the other list box too.
This is what I pasted into the Environmental Variables - User variables for PATH:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Pro
gram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\bin;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\
Microsoft.
NET\Framew
ork\v2.0.5
0727;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;PATH=C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Pro
gram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\bin;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\
Microsoft.
NET\Framew
ork\v2.0.5
0727;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;PATH=C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Pro
gram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\bin;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\
Microsoft.
NET\Framew
ork\v2.0.5
0727;C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;PATH=C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\x86_amd64;C:\Prog
ram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Pro
gram Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\bin;C:\WI
NDOWS\Micr
osoft.NET\
Framework\
v2.0.50727
;C:\Progra
m Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;;C:\php;C:\
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\apache2
triad\bin;
C:\apache2
triad\perl
\bin;C:\ap
ache2triad
\php\bin;C
:\apache2t
riad\mysql
\bin;C:\ap
ache2triad
\opssl\bin
;C:\apache
2triad\p
I had to add a user variable for PATH but I edited the system variable with the above path.txt.
This still did not work.
I would appriceciate any suggestions. Thanks.