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Is there any way to make an environment variable substituion in a project file (with or without vsprops) that, if the variable is not found, is substituted instead with a default value? I haven't found any way to do this, because everything seems to override environment variables. EDIT: I need this to work for a property, not for an environment variable. Specifically, devenv may be invoked from another source with an environment variable specifying the target build directory. If that variable doesn't exist (perhaps because devenv is just being used as the IDE) then it should use a default. I

I want to write a simple batch script that loads the Visual Studio build environment using vcvars32.bat and then continue with the build, using vcbuild . However, my script won't execute past the invocation of vcvars32.bat . The last output I get is: Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools. As you can see I'm using Visual Studio 2008. Here is my simplest batch script: @echo off "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat" vcbuild You have to use call in your batch script, or the termination of vcvars32.bat will terminate your own batch script.

I'm trying to install Testacular (using nmp) on a Windows 8 Professional (64 bit) laptop, but it fails when it tries to install socket.io as part of this process. The error I get is Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe". To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it is installed elsewhere. I apparently have .NET framework 3.5 installed (it's checked under the add/remove Windows components bit in Control Panel), although I've not managed to find a vcbuild.exe. I tried