No devenv file in Microsoft Visual Express 10

Question

I am trying to create a goart dart project on Windows XP.

after the installation documentation, I ran into a problem. The python script needs to call devenv. The problem is that with Visual 10 Express I don't have this exe, which should be in

C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Common7\\IDE 

Where can i get this exe? Do I need to download the previous version, which is visually 10?

Answer 1

I had a problem in which I needed to edit devenv.exe.config , which does not exist in VCExpress and was recognized in the answer that the name exe (and, of course, corresponds to the .config file) depends on the version of Visual Studio.

In the "full" versions of VS, such as VSPro, the executable you are looking for is really devenv.exe , but in Express it vcexpress.exe (or the equivalent for your express version, for example, vbexpress.exe for Visual Basic Express, etc. .d.), so it’s not that Express doesn’t include devenv.exe , but that it called something else and presumably not all command line options in devenv.exe will be accessible or will be executed in the same way as v*express.exe .

Answer 2

Have you ever tried MSBuild? MSDN now recommends using MSBuild instead of devenv . MSBuild seems to come free with VC Express for free.

To create a solution with a Debug configuration | Win32 using MSBuild:

 msbuild xxx.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=Win32 

Learn More Using MSBuild is available on MSDN .

Answer 3

devenv.exe is the executable file of Visual Studio Shell. Just follow the Start Menu link in your express editor, it should point to your devenv.exe file.

Answer 4

Devenv dependent scripts may work if you create devenv.bat with content

 %dp0%vcsexpress.exe %*