nvcc.exe linking error Microsoft Visual Studio configuration file 'vcvars64.bat' could not found

Question

I want to use nvcc -ptx from windows command line, but I always get this error message: nvcc : fatal error : Microsoft Visual Studio configuration file \'vcvars

Answer 1

When in your project go to Configuration Properties > CUDA C/C++ > Device and change Code Generation to the following: compute_11,sm_11