nmake.exe is not found in the windows\system32 folder? how to setup nmake command in windows?

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shinoy.m picture shinoy.m · Feb 19, 2016 · Viewed 20.2k times · Source

When I type the nmake command in the Command Prompt, I am getting this error:

'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

Also, I couldn't find the nmake.exe file in my system.

How to setup the nmake command on Windows?

Answer

Steve Byrne picture Steve Byrne · Feb 19, 2016

NMake is part of Microsoft's build tools for building C++ projects. You can get nmake as well as the MSVC++ compiler by downloading Visual C++ Express. Visual C++ Express which runs perfectly fine on Windows 7. It will install nmake.exe to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin on Windows 7 without prompting for an alternate directory. As this question answered

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