nvcc.exe linking error Microsoft Visual Studio configuration file 'vcvars64.bat' could not found

Question

I want to use nvcc -ptx from windows command line, but I always get this error message: nvcc : fatal error : Microsoft Visual Studio configuration file \'vcvars

Answer 1

I have managed to solve the issue and make work with MS Visual Studio Express 2012, here what I did:

1. Installed MS Visual Studio 2012 Express
2. Installed cuda_5.5.20_winvista_win7_win8_general_64, the latest version as of 2014-01-16
3. From this directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin, I have copied x86_amd64 to amd64
4. In the new directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\amd64, I have created a file vcvars64.bat
5. In the file vcvars64.bat, just added: CALL setenv /x64

The compilation worked great:

C:\CUDA>nvcc -o square square.cu Creating library square.lib and object square.exp

C:\CUDA>square.exe 0.000000 1.000000 4.000000 9.000000 16.000000 25.000000 36.000000 49.000000 64.000000 81.000000 100.000000 121.000000 144.000000 169.000000 196.000000 225.000000