- Run the appropriate environment setup for the correct compiler. E.g., for the Platform SDK AMD64 compiler and with the current Platform SDK this is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd /X64 /RETAIL
- Run the solution file with "devenv.com" (IIRC, devenv.exe doesn't take command-line args) and be sure to pass ing "/useenv" to pick up the environment changes. (*)
set DEVENV_COM=path/to/devenv.com %DEVENV_COM% PCbuild\pcbuild.sln /useenv /build ReleaseAMD64
Yes, that should work equally fine.
I haven't looked into what vsextcomp does, so apologies if this is ignorant.
It spares you having to setup the environment; it provides a cl.exe wrapper that locates the SDK from the registry, and then invokes the cl.exe in the SDK if necessary. As a consequence, you can still just double-click the solution file, without having to run devenv.exe/com manually. Regards, Martin