Compiling 64bit with VC++ 2005 Express using PSDK
I'll assume you already have VC++ 2005 Express and the PSDK installed, and activated the Win32 application building in VC++ and running 64bit Windows (well it maybe works in 32bit windows too but the exe will not run in that enviroment)
1) Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 SP1 -> Windows XP 64-bit Build Environment -> Set Windows XP x64 Build Environment (Debug/Retail) <- doesn't mather which one at this moment
2) start the VC++ 2005 Express IDE run the VCExpress.exe file with the /USEENV swich: [your install dir of VC++ 2005 Express]\Common7\IDE\VCExpress.exe /USEENV This will clear out all default bin/lib/include path and add only those that the 'Set Windows XP x64 Build Environment (Debug/Retail)' batch file sets for you.
3) Open your application or create a new one.
4) Edit the properties for the application ( Project -> Properties ) and change this settings to this values.
C/C++ -> General -> Debug Information Format : Program Database (/Zi)
C/C++ -> Code Generation -> Basic Runtime Checks : Default
Linker -> Advanced -> Target Machine : not set
Linker -> Command Line -> Additional Options : /MACHINE:AMD64
now it should be able to compile for 64bit (I think I havn't forgotten anything)
altough I got this error:
error PRJ0002 : Error result 128 returned from 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin\mt.exe'.
but solved it by copy the mt.exe that comes with the VC++ 2005 Express install to the PSDK/Bin dir, thus overwriting the PSDK/bin/mt.exe.
Another thing I almost forgot. you maybe get this error described here: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=894573 adding bufferoverflowU.lib to the project will solve that.
NOTE:
I havn't tested it anything yet just compiled a simple windows app and a console app and the TaskManager doesn't say *32 after the process as it would do if it was 32-bit. I don't know if it works with larger projects or anything because I got it working for like 10 minutes ago :)
But I have a question about my newly created 64bit applications (just a simple "hello world" window created by the built in wizard) how can I be sure that it is really 64 bit? the Taskmanager says it is because it doesn't have the *32 but is that enough proof?
EDIT:
you may need to copy the msvcrtd.dll & msvcp60d.dll from PSDK\NoRedist\Win64\AMD\ to where they belong (don't really know) I put them in Windows\System32
vuki wrote: