When I install "real" editions, the command prompt exists as a tool, but not in the express edition?
How can I open the special command prompt, and have easier access to the various command-line tools that ship with Visual Studio and the .NET framework?
See Also
- Add Command prompt in VS 2008 Express Edition manually - missing some essential steps, and never completely answered; also, 2008 specific
- Visual Studio Command Prompt vs. Regular Command Prompt?
The VS command prompt is not a standaloneshell, but the standard cmd.exe
with some EnvironmentVariables setup — through vcvarsall.bat
Charmingly, vcvarsall.bat
only ships with the c++ edition, and resides in the Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC
folder.
So if you haven’t installed VS c++ Express — and you want to access the shell, you probably have to install VS c++ Express; that’s what I did, anyway.
- Select
Tools >> External Tools
in Visual Studio.
- Click
Add
- Fill in the Title - I used
Visual Studio Command &Prompt
(C
is already assigned to Customize)
- Command:
cmd.exe
(should already be on your PATH)
- Arguments:
/k "\path\to\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
- Pick an Initial directory. I used
$(ProjectDir)
- Click
OK
I have these notes @ http://www.xradiograph.com/Programming/VisualStudioExpress which were in turn adapted from http://visualbasic.about.com/b/2010/08/17/the-visual-studio-command-prompt.htm and other sources
04 December 2010
You can download Windows SDK 7.1 Net (Framework) 4 for free. For XP, Vista,...
Windows SDK 7.1 contains Command Prompt and that work perfect. I have tried with Visual Basic 2010 Express to create Client Windows Communication and it's perfect.
See you soon.
Just install VC++ express edition. It will automatically install visual studio command prompt. you must have only installed vc# express not vc++ express. Try installing it and you will get command prompt, as it is for visual basic 2005 edition.