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rickywei opened this issue Dec 14, 2019 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #13571
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Build and debug C++ with cl without needing to start vscode from the developer prompt #4742

rickywei opened this issue Dec 14, 2019 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #13571
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Feature Request Language Service tasks/build/debug An issue relating to tasks.json (e.g. build issues)
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If you want to build with cl.exe, you need to run it from the developer command prompt. We had an issue tracking removing that requirement, but I'm not able to locate it, so we could use this issue track that.

@sean-mcmanus sean-mcmanus added tasks/build/debug An issue relating to tasks.json (e.g. build issues) Feature Request Language Service labels Dec 16, 2019
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@sean-mcmanus sean-mcmanus changed the title How to debug c++ with cl and do not need to start vscode from developer prompt Build and debug C++ with cl without needing to start vscode from the developer prompt Jul 30, 2020
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Colengms commented Apr 13, 2021 •
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A user proposed the following solution: microsoft/vscode-docs#4437

The cppbuild task provider could configure the environment, perhaps using code currently in CMake Tools to find the devbat script, or through a setting that indicates which version/install of VS to get the script from.

@Colengms Colengms modified the milestones: Backlog, On Deck Apr 13, 2021
@bobbrow bobbrow self-assigned this Apr 30, 2025
@bobbrow bobbrow modified the milestones: On Deck, 1.26 Apr 30, 2025
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@bobbrow bobbrow moved this to In progress in cpptools Apr 30, 2025
@bobbrow bobbrow linked a pull request Apr 30, 2025 that will close this issue
Enable setting the VS dev environment without running from Dev Command Prompt #13571
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@bobbrow bobbrow moved this from In progress to Pull Request in cpptools Apr 30, 2025
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Feature Request Language Service tasks/build/debug An issue relating to tasks.json (e.g. build issues)
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