The Visual Studio 2012 Professional Edition installed on my PC keeps on showing in error list
"csc.exe" exited with code 1 in Visual Studio 2012
instead of the actual error (e.g. syntax error).
How can I fix this?
I turned on detailed logging in Tools -> Options ... -> Projects and Solutions -> Build and Run.
When you rebuild your solution, you can see the command that gives the error. Copy the command, open a cmd window, go to your project folder, paste and run the command. The output will give you the actual error.
It's some sort of bug in VS2012 I suppose. You could try cleaning your solution, restart Visual Studio and try rebuilding? The above solution should point you in the right direction for finding your error. When opening the file containing the error, the errors should appear in the error list.
This happened to me because I enabled the "treat warnings as error" switch in my project settings and had an unused class member in some file.
I agree that the output window's message is misleading and should be replaced by some message that shows which member cause the build to fail.
Maybe my unswer is too late, but I want to say, that such error could also happen if you copy that project from another solution. That project was sign with .snk file and you added it to TFS (for ex). VS does not upload .snk by default and when you will use your code in the other place, you will not have that file, but in AssemblyInfo.cs there will be mention that your project contains that file. So, c2c2.exe will not build your solution because of this. Quick solution will be just to commnet this line
[assembly: AssemblyKeyFile( #"....\sn.snk" )]
in AssemblyInfo.cs
I had the same issue.
I tried cleaning the solution, deleting the bin/obj folders, repaired visual studio 2013, dump out detailed build info, nothing helped, CSC still exited with error code 1, no more info than that.
In the end it was caused by two variables (a double and double[]) with the same name in the same code block. Strange error to cause it.
If this happened to a project that was working before, verify no devenv.exe is running after closing VS:
-Close all the instances of VS
-Open the task manager
-Verify all the devenv.exe actually get closed, or kill the processes
For me, I still had 3 devenv.exe working; I ended these processes, started VS again, and it worked correctly.
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During installation I get "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" and prompt to specify some path to vc_runtimeMinimum_x64.msi. After providing some path to required file I get error states that this file doesn't match required version Minimum Runtime 14.14.26405.
I finally found the solution reading this question: Install vcredist_x64 with VS2017 installer project
I realized that specific VC_Redist.x64.exe files could be downloaded by links like https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/26405.00/VC_Redist.x64.exe, where 26405.00 is exactly the version I was required to fix. Note, that you need version from error text after clicking OK, not from window title.
And the last point is that this exe must be executed from cmd with argument /repair to help me with this issue. Regular execution by double click made no effect.
I found the solution elsewhere. It said to
Fix problems that block programs from being installed or removed
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed
download troubleshooter button on the link.
Run it - choose option - have problem with installing - it lists programs - choose the missing / problematic visual c++ runtimes in the list
it will run and get fixed.
Repeat for each visual c++ you having problems with. I ran the program multiple times.
I have to thank this comment section for helping me with this problem, since I have not been able to work more efficently with my school, since I din't know what and if a single file somewhere deep down in the computer had to be deleted for this program to work.
I need help resolving the following error:
Error 2 Could not copy the file "obj\x64\Release\project_name.xr.xml" because it was not found.
NOTE:
This error does not occur when I package the same solution on x86.
This only occurs on x64.
In addition, this error is now exposed ever since I downloaded VS2012 Update 2.
The error went away as a result of me fixing the list of warnings that resulted from building the solution.
For me the issue was fixed simply by removing spaces from Assembly Name parameter. This can be found in the properties of the Windows 8.1 application project.
Ok, this is a weird problem and I could not solve it till I looked at the solution from Ken.
Click here for his solution
Ken's issue and solution gave me an idea and it worked.
I had x:Class="project_name.App" in my App.xaml file and Ken said the issue was with the app name.
So I removed the .App from x:Class="project_name.App" and just had x:Class="project_name" and received the error "Invalid value for 'project_name'. Event values must be text."
Ok so I put it back in.
Well, then it worked and the error went away.
Um, I do not have any idea why it now worked as it was exactly the same text, but the process of changing it back and forth fixed it. Hope this saves someone hours of pain.
And I am using Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 that I reinstalled onto my PC yesterday since the PC had a melt down and needed a rebuild.
When I used Visual Studio 6 when that was the hot thing, one of the things I loved was that I would hit F7, compile, and watch the output of the build go buy and then be greeted with an error list when complete. I believed this changed in Visual Studio 2005, but I've had enough of it and would like my old way back. Is there a way to tell VS2012 to output the build output and then show the error list if it's applicable?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I checked and didn't see anything.
You can set the Tools -> Options -> Project and Solutions -> Show Output window when build starts
This seems to work for me.
When I compile my code in visual studio c++ 2008 I get the following error:
fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'C:\Users\...\Documents\Visual Studio
2008\Projects\...\Debug\....exe
I just copied my code from another project in visual studio C++ and pasted it in this project again in VS C++. Can it cause this error?
This can happen because, for example, the executable is currently executing or opened by another program, or because you don't have the right permissions for that directory.
open TASK MANAGER and see if the process of the .exe is running in background even after closing it. if yes, then kill the process and then try to run it again.
This can happen if you have turned on preprocessor output, e.g. in Properties | C/C++ | Preprocessor | Preprocess to a File == YES. Creating a preprocessor output file (of file type .i) is mutually exclusive to creating an object file (of time .obj).
In my case it was caused by the "Incremental Linking" option of the projects (Visual Studio 2015). Maybe because the files were also dependencies of other projects from the same solution, not sure...
I had the same problem (I don't say that this is exactly your case, but still) and it was quite strange because when I changed the code a bit everything worked normally... And I just found out that my antivirus blocked the .exe file as a possible threat (idk, mb it didn't like how I worked with memory by my C++ program). So, the source of LNK1104 can also be the antivirus.
I have been using the customer preview of Visual Studio 2012 up until day before yesterday when the Release Candidate became available. After I installed the Release Candidate, I can't get to the Test Window (Test / Windows / Test Explorer).
I get the following lengthy error which I've copied manually here. (Since this is my first question, I couldn't post the picture, and the screen would not allow me to copy the text to the clipboard. Hopefully there are no typos.)
The composition produced a single composition error. The root cause is provided below. Review the CompositionException.Errors property for more detailed information.
1) Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: testPlatform
Resulting in: An exception occurred while trying to create an instance of type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory'.
Resulting in: Cannot activate part
'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory'.
Element: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory -->
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory --> CachedAssemblyCatalog
Resulting in: Cannot get export
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory
(ContractName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.RequestConfigurationFactory")' from part
'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory'.
Element:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.ReqeustConfigurationFactory
(ContractName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Model.RequestConfigurationFactory") --> CachedAssemblyCatalog
The error occurs regardless of whether I have opened a solution or not. A second attempt to open the window yields "Cannot create the tool window." After restarting Visual Studio, and attempting to get to the Test Window, I get the long message again.
At the time I upgraded Visual Studio to the Release Candidate, I had installed:
NUnit
SpecFlow
ReSharper (Beta)
Code Contracts -- the last thing I had installed before upgrading Visual Studio. I cannot guarantee that the test window was working after I installed this.
I have searched the web for key phrases out of the error message, but found no help.
I have also:
Repaired Visual Studio (which solved a problem I was having getting to the Extension Manager, but not the Test Window problem)
Uninstalled Visual Studio and reinstalled it
Uninstalled each of the Extensions/packages listed above (NUnit, SpecFlow, ReSharper, Code Contracts). Uninstalling didn't seem to help, so I have re-installed all of them,
one at a time. I've also confirmed that I can run tests in the ReSharper test window.
Deleted the currentsettings.vssettings file from C:\Users\\Documents\Visual Studio 11\Settings, hoping it contained the problem and would be recreated correctly. I got a message that "The IDE will use your most recent settings for this session". I don't know where to find those...
Reset settings from the Import and Export Settings option.
None of these actions has helped.
It looks to me like a config file somewhere is missing an element for testPlatform, but I have no idea where that would be (or in what format, or what Options page entry would set it.)
Any help would GREATLY be appreciated.
I didn't figure out exactly what was causing the error, but I did get it fixed. Here's what finally worked
I installed all VS 2012 one more time, plus the extensions, then looked for bits that might have been left behind by the uninstall. I found and deleted the following before reinstalling:
C:\Users\<my id>\Documents\Visual Studio
C:\Users\<my id>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio
C:\Users\<my id>\AppData\Local\Microsoft
Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft
Upon re-installing Visual Studio 2012 RC, the original problem was resolved. Re-installing the extensions also worked successfully.