Installing Win SDK for Svr 2008 after VS 2008 breaks VS command line build environment

Issue:  Afterinstalling the Windows SDK for Server 2008, you are no longer able tobuild at the VS2008 command line.  You receive an error that csc, vbc,and/or msbuild commands are not recognized.  You are able to buildwithout problems in the VS IDE. 

Cause: The VC++ compilers that install with the Windows SDK overwrite vcvars32.bat improperly.

Workaround:Repair the VS2008 command line build environment by editing c:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat manually.

 Close all instances of Visual Studio:

1.       UseNotepad to edit the file %\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat.  Change the top few lines where the variablesare set.

 Change these lines:

@SET VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
@SET VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC
@SET FrameworkDir=Framework32
@SET FrameworkVersion=v2.0.50727

@if "%VSINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VSINSTALLDIR
@if "%VCINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VCINSTALLDIR

to the following, in order to set the correct path to the frameworkdir:

@SET VSINSTALLDIR=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
@SET VCINSTALLDIR=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC
@SET FrameworkDir=c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework
@SET FrameworkVersion=v2.0.50727
@SET Framework35Version=v3.5

@if "%VSINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VSINSTALLDIR
@if "%VCINSTALLDIR%"=="" goto error_no_VCINSTALLDIR

2.  Open the VS command line build environment and verify that you can build successfully.  

 Please email us directly if you need additional help.

Karin Meier

Windows SDK Program Manager