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User 10572834

If this is not the proper place for this question, please let me know where I can post it. I am working on a bunch of MSBuild project files that were created from scratch. We are in the middle of upgrading to Visual Studios 2013 so a lot of the paths to libraries need to be changed. I am having trouble with the Microsoft Libraries because of the spaces that are in the path. Here is the line that sets the base of the path to get appended later in the project file:

<CRT\_LIB\_PATH>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\\VC\\lib</CRT\_LIB\_PATH>

Later there are lines similar to the following:

<LINK\_LIBS>$(LINK\_LIBS) '"$(CRT\_LIB\_PATH)\\msvcrt$(DEBUG\_SUFFIX).lib"'</LINK\_LIBS>

In the second line, I have attempted single quotes, double quotes, single quotes surrounded by double quotes, double quotes surrounded by single quotes. Nothing had helped. How to I properly put this path into the project file? Thanks, Kevin What happens is everything before the "12.0" is lost and linker is not able to find the library.

User 10572834

I found a solution to this. I was reminded about the old DOS short name for directories, and by using those it fixed the problem.

Lost User

You should use the Visual Studio macros for all the known paths. Changing these names to fixed paths or, as in your answer, to 8.3 type names, will most likely cause you problems in the future.

User 10572834

Actually I had already tried that as well, with the same result. Eventually the Visual Studio files will be moved to the server anyway, and at that point the macros would not be useful.

Albert Holguin

You're going to move Visual Studio files to a server? ...why is that?

User 10572834

Not my choice. I am only a lowly contractor.

Albert Holguin

Happens...