Introduction¶
This article explains how to open a console (cmd.exe
), which is configured with a specific version of Visual Studio's command line build tools.
Procedure¶
On the start menu, search for "Build Environment Selection" or execute in a console "%SQUISHCOCO%\toolselector.exe"
.
The following dialog should appear:

Select the desired Visual Studio edition and click on "Open C++ Console". A console (cmd.exe
) will be opened in which the compiler (cl.exe
) and linker (lib.exe
and link.exe
) command line tools can be used.