Cl.exe returing error code D8050

Question

I have the following error on fresh windows 8 install with microsoft visual studio ultimate 2013 :

cl : Command line error D8050 : cannot execute \'C:\\Program          


        

Answer 1

I had my %TEMP% and %TMP% vars pointing to a directory that contained a $. Replacing it with an _ solved the issue for me.

Answer 2

I ran into this error after I cleaned up my C drive (deleted temporary files of all sorts). I was able to fix it by re-setting the environment variables for Visual C++ command-line tools. This page was my reference. I was building 64 bit.

Run cmd as admin.

c:\>cd YourVSInstallDir\VC
c:\YourVSInstallDir\VC>vcvarsall.bat amd64

Answer 3

I had this issue with a cleared environment, and it was resolved (at least in part) by setting the TMP environment variable.