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

Question

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

\'nmake\' is not recognized as an internal or external comm

Answer 1

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