Notorious Visual Studio Error C1902, VS configuration

Question

I am getting the notorious \"Error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation\" in my VC++ builds in Visual Studio 2010. My VS will not even build

Answer 1

cyglas-config solved the problem on my build system. Is seems that Vs2010+ needs this but vs2008 didnt.

Answer 2

I had the same error, and the problem was that the "mspdbcore.dll" file was deleted from my \Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\ folder. This post helped me solving my issue.

PS:The deletion was made by a "duplicate files cleaner" utility.

Answer 3

Make your your VS2010 is running under administrator and have the right permission.

Our IT deployed a tool for blocking access to several "ports", it turned out all my VC project cannot build in VS2010. He then re-deployed the tool with "allow elevated program access blocked 'ports'" checked and everything is back to normal.

Answer 4

I solved the problem by finding an obscure post to a similar thread created a couple of years ago on a different forum. Here is the solution:

Copy the file mspdbsrv.exe from the VisualStudio/Common7/IDE directory to the /VC/bin directory.

Answer 5

I have seen this caused by two projects sharing an intermediate directory.

Answer 6

Verify local user account if ran under automation is not locked. this turned out to be a resolution for issue I had seen with "fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation" message.